|
What's New
2009-2010 Professional Foresters Directory now
available
Congratulations to IFWOA member Robert Woodling of Unionville!
Robert was selected as the North Central Region Outstanding Tree
Farmer of the Year. He will be competing against three other
regional winners for National Tree Farmer of the Year. Announcement
will be made at the National Tree Farm convention in September.
EQIP Programs for Forestry
The 2008 Farm Bill provided for very
good funding for forestry practices in the EQIP program. Specific
information will be available in the spring or summer 2009 but you are
encouraged to check on your eligibility and sign up NOW at your
local NRCS office.
Forestry practices which
may be eligible include:
Forest stand
improvement
Prescribed
forestry management
Tree and shrub
establishment
Upland and wetland
wildlife habitat management
Early successional
habitat development and management
Pruning
Invasive Species
Control
USDA Offers Stimulus Dollars to Help Farmers
With Flood-Damaged Land
INDIANAPOLIS, March 9, 2009
–USDA announced today that a portion of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Package) is being offered to farmers
whose fields have had flood damages. The damages could have
happened last June, or could be in fields that have a recurring
flood problem. Land qualifies if it has been flooded at least once
in the past 12 months, or twice in the past 10 years. Contact your
NRCS office for more details.
Indiana NRCS Office
Calendar Of
Events
|
