More farmers sought for prairie strips

This fall, five farmers in northeast Mower County enrolled nearly 80 acres of cropland to convert to native prairie strips that, unlike other set-aside programs, they can turn around on and cross with farm machinery. With each getting up to $300 per acre annually from the federal government, they also will receive a newer incentive of $80 per acre each year through state funds managed by the Mower Soil & Water Conservation District in Austin. These are enrollments in the prairie strips practice under the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) run by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA). Mower SWCD assists with signups. <a href="https://cedarmn.medium.com/more-farmers-sought-for-prairie-strips-3e83746e5ed0">Click Here</a>