News Release

Updated 07/27/2006

Brochure simplifies, summarizes conservation programs in 2002 Farm Bill 

For Immediate release

A simplified, 8-page foldout color guide to conservation programs of the 2002 farm bill is now available. Conservation Practices and Programs for Your Farm offers an overview of the practices and programs available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to landowners who want to voluntarily improve natural resources on their land.

In an easy to read format, the guide ties resource concerns and conservation practices to the farm bill programs that can help address them. A program matrix outlines eligibility requirements, type of financial assistance, and producer obligations for eight major USDA conservation programs.

The guide is meant for agricultural producers— owners of small and large farms, ranches, dairies, vineyards and forestlands— but will also be a handy reference for USDA field staff, federal and state agencies, conservation districts, conservation organizations, and technical service providers. While it’s not complete enough to answer detailed questions on individual programs, its overview gives producers a starting point in deciding how conservation programs might help them conserve croplands, improve water quality, and manage for wildlife on private land.

The guide was produced by the Wildlife Management Institute with technical help from the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. More than 30 conservation and agricultural agencies, organizations and agribusiness helped fund the printing and will help distribute it. 

Individual copies of Conservation Practices and Programs for Your Farm are available as long as supplies last at local USDA offices, conservation district offices or from the organizations listed as sponsors. Order copies by calling 1-888-LANDCARE, or from the web at www.nrcs.usda.gov and clicking on publications. Electronic files of the brochure are on the web at www.whmi.nrcs.usda.gov

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