Whether growing crops, raising livestock or poultry, managing forests, or conducting any other land-based business, there are practices that farmers and landowners can adopt to benefit their farm, their business, their community and their ecosystem. Broadly, these practices are known as ‘best management practices.’ Many best management practices can make farms more efficient, build soil, retain nutrients, conserve water, improve and protect water quality, and even increase farm productivity.
Our local Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD), regional Natural Resources Conservation Service Centers (NRCS), and nonprofit partners have programs available to provide assistance to implement of a variety of best management practices that cover the full spectrum of agricultural operations.
