Four decades after a small group of ranchers pioneered the use of a conservation tool that now shields millions of acres in Montana from development, a film screening at the Emerson Center this coming Tuesday will detail their efforts and legacy.
“On the Shoulders of Giants,” produced by Bozeman filmmaker Eric Ian and the Montana Association of Land Trusts, or MALT, was filmed to mark the 40th anniversary of the state’s first conservation easement, in the Blackfoot Valley east of Missoula. The film is expected to be available to the public online this July. Read more here.
MASONVILLE, Iowa — Lavern Kelchen stood in the back of a church hall in jeans and a buffalo-check shirt, tapped his left index finger on his leg and placed the winning bid on a 156-acre farm here in eastern Iowa. It marked the seventh auction he had attended in the last five years and, with a bid of $9,000 an acre, his first win... For farmers like Mr. Kelchen, whose work is a deep-seated lifestyle, retirement seems more like a sentence than a prize. “The first two days I’d probably be all right,” he said. “But after that, I’d be going haywire.” Read more here.
Republican Senator John Thune, R-S.D., is introducing a measure which gives producers another conservation option as part of the 2018 Farm Bill.
Thune is introducing the Soil Health and Income Protection Program, also known as SHIPP. It’s a voluntary program tackling both soil health and farming of less-productive land. It's similar to the Conservation Reserve Program, but with a shorter time commitment and a goal not to have a national cap on acreage. Read more here.
The Trump Administration has proposed cutting $4.7 billion, or 21 percent, of the U.S. agriculture budget. If made, those cuts will come from discretionary spending, which includes on-farm conservation funding—as well as food safety, rural development, and international food aid.
“Conservation programs and NRCS staff are the number-one investment USDA makes in our region,” said farmer Roger Noonan. “NRCS staff walk around the farm with you, point out things farmers can do to address water quality, soil quality, forest quality. And then direct you to resources that you can use to make positive changes on the land.” Learn more here.
Wildfires in northwest Oklahoma leave some wondering about the health of wildlife in the region. Read more here.
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