Growers have until January 13 to submit comments on the changes to the Conservation Stewardship Program.
Kevin Norton is the associate
chief with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
“We’re in the comment period, but we’re going to begin to implement off that regulation,” he says. “It’s pretty exciting and we’ll have the new things that came through the farm bill available this coming year.”
Changes to the
program include increasing payment rates for adoption of cover crop rotations, introducing
a supplemental payment for advanced grazing management, creating one-time
payment for developing a comprehensive conservation plan, and providing support
for organic and transitioning to organic.
