Solar pump that give livestock access to water using renewable energy.
Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM), a voluntary, incentive- based program, helps farmers to address natural resource concerns through the help of conservation agencies. The benefits provided by AEM help to establish Best Management Practices (BMPs), increase awareness of impacts on the environment and protect drinking water, on top of several other benefits. Call us today for more information! Several funding sources are available to our AEM farms in order to implement BMPs and conservation stewardship.
We also work closely with the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service to help lnadowners secure cost sharing for their conservation efforts.
We also work closely with the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service to help lnadowners secure cost sharing for their conservation efforts.
Fencing helps to keep livestock away from
this vegetated riparian area.
The New York State Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) encourages farmers to reduce nutrients and sediments that enter water bodies to improve water quality, protect public water supplies and uphold good farming practices. CREP provides an economic incentive to farmers who participate in the program by renting less productive areas of land that are placed into vegetative cover near sensitive water bodies. CREP practices include tree plantings, creating wildlife habitat, riparian buffer, filter strips, restoring wetlands, and many others.
For more information or to apply, please contact us!!
