(Spirit Lake)– Sign up continues for area producers seeking financial and technical assistance through a voluntary conservation program. Dickinson County Conservationist Mark Schutt tells KUOO news the program is known as EQUIP…Click here to hear mp3 file
Schutt says conservation plans must be developed for the entire included in an EQUIP contract. Practices include but are not limited to grassed waterways, waste storage facilities, grade stabilization structures, pest and nutrient management, no-till and biofilters.
Schutt says as of now the application period is ongoing. But even then he says producers interested in signing up should visit their local Farm Service Agency Office as soon as possible…Click here to hear mp3 file
In addition to the conservation plans, Schutt says there are a few other requirements of the EQUIP Program as well…
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The Dickinson County USDA Service Center is now operating out of its new location on Highway nine on the west edge of Spirit Lake, just west of the KUOO studios.
