Webinar: NRCS CSP Works for Organic Producers

The Iowa Organic Association has invited Rubyana Neely, Iowa NRCS CSP Program Manager, to lead a webinar on Tuesday, October 4 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. to discuss how the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) can be beneficial to organic producers. Sign up deadline for FY2023 is October 7, 2022.

No one knows more about your land than you do, and no one knows more about conservation than NRCS does. Learn how you can develop a CSP plan tailored to your land and your goals to help you increase productivity and protect the value of your land.

CSP provides many benefits including increased crop yields, decreased inputs, wildlife habitat improvements, and increased resilience to weather extremes. CSP is intended for working lands including cropland, pastureland, nonindustrial private forest land and agricultural land under the jurisdiction of a tribe. Current Iowa CSP contract practices include:

314-Brush Management
315-Herbaceous Weed Treatment
327-Conservation Cover
338-Prescribe Burning
340-Cover Crop
386-Field Border
511-Forage Harvest Management
512-Pasture and Hay Planting
528-Prescribed Burning
558-Roof Runoff Structure
590-Nutrient Management
612-Tree and Shrub Establishment

To apply for NRCS conservation programs, contact your local NRCS office. For more information about conservation planning and programs to help treat natural resource issues on your land, visit www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov.

To be part of this webinar please RSVP below. Registration is required.

Funder Acknowledgement:

This material is based upon work that is supported by the Risk Management Agency (RMA), with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the program agreement with the title "“Risk Management Outreach and Education for Beginning, Transitioning and Organic Producers.” RMA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the RMA and U.S. Department of Agriculture.