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 ...