USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to 49 national conservation practice standards through a posting in the Federal Register. The proposed revisions posted this week with the public comment period closing April 23, 2020.
The 49 updated national conservation practice standards include:
12 agronomic practices for water quality and erosion control:
•Two aquaculture practices;
•Three forestry practices;
•Six practices affecting waterways,
•Five drainage-related practices,
•Seven livestock-related practices,
•Three energy and air quality practices,
•Eight water conservation practices,
•Three farm traffic-related practices.
The 2018 Farm Bill required NRCS to review all 169 existing national con servation practices to seek opportunities to increase flexibility and incorporate ...