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$2 million in new federal funds

Senator Sherrod Brown in Toledo for NRCS funding announcement (3)_webFarmers in 20 counties in the Western Lake Erie Basin have an additional $2 million dollars to help prevent soil erosion and nutrient runoff into Lake Erie.

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown made the announcement in Toledo on Tuesday, August 19.

“It will be about $55-$56 per acre for farmers that do ground cover,” said Brown. “The ground cover will protect the soil, hold the nutrients over the winter so the runoff will not find its way into Maumee Basin and then ultimately into this river and into Lake Erie.”

Audio: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 3:30 mp3)

State Conservationist Terry Cosby tells Brownfield the signup window for the $2 million dollars began Tuesday, August 19 and only runs through next Tuesday, August 26.

“And the reason for this is that we have window here that we need to get these cover crops seeded,” Cosby said. “This is a one year contract, $57 an acre and then we hope we can entice some folks to do this for one year, if they like it, they’ll come back in and maybe look at a longer contract.”

The State Conservationist says the $2 million dollars will provide funding for approximately 1700 acres of cover crops per county.

Audio: Terry Cosby, NRCS, State Conservationist, Ohio (3:20 mp3)

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