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New conservation funding is a start

Steve Davis, NRCS Watershed specialist in Northwest Ohio describes the $2 million dollars available for farmers to seed cover crops this fall in the Western Lake Erie Basin as a start.

“It’s a small part of what we’re eventually going to need long term, we’re not saying this is the end of it, it’s a start, and it’s a down payment,” Davis said. “It’s a way to get some farmers who haven’t used some of these conservation practices in the door and hopefully segment to additional practices in the years to come.”

One of the challenges Davis says will be getting the cover crops seeded in a timely manner yet this fall.

“It its soybeans, those probably need to be flown on, if a fellow has early beans that come off early you can actually drill them in and get them seeded in time,” said the Watershed specialist. “In standing corn, we do have some farmers in the Northwest part of the State that have built some specialized equipment.”

For those needing information or assistance in signing up for the available funding Davis suggests visiting a local NRCS office.

Steve Davis on the conservation funding (3 Minutes, 6 Seconds, MP3)