Cost share for livestock projects

Cost share now available for livestock producers along fish bearing streams and rivers in the Methow and Okanogan sub-basins. Contact Kelly Kinney at 509 422 0855 ext 105 or kellyk@okanogancd.org

USDA to offer Farm Transition Program

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the Transition Incentives Program (TIP) - a new program under the Conservation Title of the 2008 Farm Bill - to encourage retired or retiring owners or operators to transition their land to beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. Producers who want to apply for the TIP can start signing up on Monday, May 17, 2010. If all program requirements are met, TIP provides annual rental payments to the retiring farmer for up to two addi-tional years after the date of the expiration of the Conservation Reserve Program contract, provided the transition is not to a family member.
For more information on the program, visit USDAs TIP site - Transition Incentives Program (TIP)

National Resource Inventory Data released

The recently released report presents summary results from the 2007 National Resources Inventory (NRI). The 2007 NRI is the latest in a series of natural resource inventories conducted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).