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A Tribute To The Monarch Butterfly: How to Turn Your Backyard Into a Butterfly Friendly Habitat
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Iconic is the most appropriate word to describe the Monarch butterfly. Most of us have fond childhood memories of the unmistakable orange and black beauty flitting around the blue sky on sunny summer days.

 

Regenerative Agriculture
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Watch and listen as this expert panel discusses the current state of agriculture and conservation in today's world. Moderated by Alex Echols this panel provides insight and information on the current state of agricultural practices.

 

Cattlemen’s Land Trust at the Forefront of Conservation
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Watch and listen to an on-the-ground panel of experts talk about the relationship of how ranchers and conservationists work together provides successful conservation outcomes while keeping working lands working.

 

Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America
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Rural Americans matter—a lot—to the fate of U.S. environmental policy. Not only do farmers, ranchers, and forest owners manage huge portions of American lands and watersheds, but rural voters also have an outsized impact on national policy.

 

Cooperative Extension Service
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The cooperative extension service is designed to help people use research based knowledge to improve their land.  Administered through thousands of county extension offices, extension brings land-grant expertise to the most local of levels in affiliation with the state's designated land-grant universities.& ...

 

Smart Ag

Our vision at Smart Ag is to become the autonomous farming platform of choice in a driverless future.

In our opinion, the smartest way to solve the huge worldwide challenge of feeding a fast growing population is to empower farmers to complete operations faster, more consistently and with less labor than ever before, we believe they can unlock the potential of the land better than anyone else. With the correct tools, technology and knowledge, farmers can do the seemingly impossible.

Our goal is to give farmers the technology to operate smarter and eliminate the choice between what is best for their farm and constraints like available labor, brands of equipment or the cost of larger machinery. That is why our first product AutoCart can be used with an operator in the grain cart tractor or autonomously and will be compatible with any brand of equipment.

Contact Us

2710 S. Loop Drive

Ames, IA 50010

(515) 599-0346 • info@smart-ag.com

 

Agrilyst Inc.

Agrilyst is a web-based software platform that helps indoor farms manage their crops and gain data-driven insights to make more profitable production decisions.

Run your farm optimally at all times. With Agrilyst, you can create quick and easy seeding plans from templates for each of your crops. Built for indoor operations, templates make it simple to schedule cut-and-come again varieties, partial harvests, vine harvests, and more. Seeding plans sync automatically with tasks so everyone in your facility knows what to do every day.

Contact Information

Address:

68 Jay St., Suite 201

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone:

(646) 878-6840

Email:

info@agrilyst.com

 

How to receive conservation assistance from NRCS
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Do you farm or ranch and want to make improvements to the land that you own or lease? NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.

 

Connecting retiring landowners and beginning farmers to keep agriculture alive
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Are you a retiring farmer, looking for someone to take over? Land Link is a valuable program that connects beginning farmers with retiring landowners to faciliate farm transfers.

 

Small Farms and Woodlots
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Learn about how woodlots of today provide much more for their owners, including income from selling wood and nonwood products, forest-based income opportunities such as lease hunting and recreation, solitude and escape from emotional pressures and stress of modern living and working, and simply the pride of owning and caring for the land.

 

Getting Started in Farming
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This guide was published in NIFA's Small Farm Digest designed for people considering starting up as begining farmers and ranchers.  Provides information on the opportinities and challenges of farming, land ownership, links to programs and resources to help get you started.

 

New Farmers Website

An online resource provides centralized, one-stop shopping for beginning farmers and ranchers to explore the variety of USDA initiatives designed to help them succeed.

USDA’s new farmers site has in-depth information, including:

  • how to increase access to land and capital;
  • build new markets;
  • participate in conservation opportunities;
  • select and use the right risk management tools; and
  • access USDA education and technical support programs.

 

National Young Farmers' Coalition

The National Young Farmers' Coalition represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success across the country. NYFC supports practices and policies that will sustain young, independent, and prosperous farmers now and in the future through supporting independent family farms, sustainable farming pracices , affordable land for farmers, fair labor practices, farmer-to-farmer training, farmers of every ender, race and sexual orientaion, and cooperation and friendship between all farmers. Click Here.

 

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization FFA is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. It is one of the three components of agricultural education.  

The letters “FFA” stand for Future Farmers of America. These letters are a part of our history and our heritage that will never change. But FFA is not just for students who want to be production farmers; FFA also welcomes members who aspire to careers as teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners and more. For this reason, the name of the organization was updated in 1988 after a vote of national convention delegates to reflect the growing diversity and new opportunities in the industry of agriculture.

Today, the National FFA Organization remains committed to the individual student, providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

 

Mix My Sprayer for iOS and Android

Clemson University developed Mix My Sprayer to aid with quick, accurate calculations of product mixes to be applied with spraying equipment. Users can create custom lists of favorite products by category. Simply add or select a product, insert values in each input box, and the app automatically calculates the amount of product to include in the user-defined mix size. Units for each input can be customized by tapping the unit buttons. Products are saved with the user settings last used.

This free mobile smartphone app is designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android devices. Click here to download.

 

Local Dirt

Buy, sell and find local food with Local Dirt. How it works, buyers can search and source local food in their area with the added convenience of online ordering. Sellers can easily find new buyers and sell their products online. Local Dirt will even automate your invoicing and track your inventory. Farmer markets, buying clubs and co-ops can automate ordering, inventory, price sheets and invoicing. Click Here!

 

goCrop

Take farming further with goCrop™

goCrop uses integrated web and mobile applications to help farmers plan, analyze and report nutrient management practices with streamlined speed. Designed by farmers who understand the virtue of efficiency, goCrop keeps you focused on farming.

The app is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Learn more

 

Fieldprint Calculator

The Fieldprint Calculator is a free online tool for growers to voluntarily and securely analyze how their management choices impact natural resources and operational efficiency. Field To Market has developed the Calculator as an easy way to find out how your current land use, energy use, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil loss compare with state and national averages.

 

 

 

 

Farmland Information Center (FIC)

 

Farm and Dairy Agri-Book

Farm and Dairy Agri-Book contains a catalog of Agribusinesses as well as Regional, State, Local Listings of Agri-Bureaus, Agencies, Associations and Organizations (Government and Private Sectors). Click here.

 

COMET-FARM™

COMET-FARM™ is a  whole farm and ranch carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.  The tool guides you through describing your farm and ranch management practices including alternative future management scenarios. Once complete, a report is generated comparing the carbon changes and greenhouse gas emissions between your current management practices and future scenarios.

 

Best Tree Finder

The Arbor Day Foundation has created a tool that helps you find the best tree for your area. Just answer a few quick questions as to what you are looking for and the environment that you are in and the Tree-Finder will give you a list of suggested species. Click here.

 

Annie's Project

Annie's Project offers a variety of extension classes across the country that educate farm women on risk management. The classes empower farm women to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information. Click here to see courses offered in your state.

 

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)

The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. The site works to provide unbiased, science-based marketing information for U.S. farmers and ranchers. There is information related to commodities and products, market and industry trends, business creation and operation, research results and value-added resources.

This site is an on-going project of the Iowa State University and partially funded by USDA Rural Development. Click here. 
 

 

Fifth annual cover crop survey results
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The 2016-2017 cover crop survey report from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SARE) program, Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) and American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is now available.& ...

 

Beginningfarmers.org

First launched in September of 2008, Beginningfarmers.org is a comprehensive compilation of information resources on farm financing, finding land, business planning, agricultural production and marketing, and much more. It is also a constantly updated blog providing the latest information and news on farm policy, farming jobs and internships, agricultural research, and the changing face of American agriculture. Beginning Farmers provides content relevant to new, experienced, and aspiring farmers, as well as farm educators, activists, and policy makers.

Through core resource pages and frequent blog postings, Beginning farmers provides a robust and constantly growing forum for sharing information and ideas about starting new farms, and a broad range of content related to the development of sustainable agriculture and food systems.

 

What are Food Hubs
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A Food Hub is a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of course-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.

 

National Organic Farming Handbook
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The handbook describes organic systems and identifies key resources to guide conservation planning and implementation on organic farms. Producers and other audiences may also find the handbook useful, particularly the resources listed in various sections.

 

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation was prepared as an introduction for fish and wildlife conservation providers – the on-the-ground biologists and conservation partners who help deliver Farm Bill conservation programs to landowners.

 

Start Farming! Resources for the Beginning Farmer
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If you are seriously considering starting up an agricultural business, there are a number of important things to consider. Get started on the right path by defining your goals and skills, gaining experience and education, choosing your marketing strategies, and financing your agricultural venture.

 

The Biology of Soil Compaction
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Soil compaction is a common and constant problem on most farms that till the soil. Heavy farm machinery can create persistent subsoil compaction (Hakansson and Reeder, 1994).

 

Farmer's Tax Guide
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This publication explains how the federal tax laws apply to farming. Use this publication as a guide to figure your taxes and complete your farm tax return.& ...

 

Let’s Get Serious About Conservation
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This Farm and Dairy article explains how conservation is a journey for our country.

 

Younger Beginning Farmers Tend To Operate Larger Farms
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Younger beginning farmers are more likely to operate large farms than are older operators of beginning farms. These farmers tend to earn more on their farm, and less off their farm, but have more debt than older beginning farmers.

 

Local Food a Growing Trend for Land Trusts
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Land trusts across the country are preserving agricultural lands to support local food systems. 

 

Conservation Buffers on your Land

Considering conservation buffers on your land?  The USDA has 250,000 or more buffer contracts with about 160,000 farms and ranches. They may be a good choice for your land and for the environment.

 

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities - A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development
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This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture.

 

Does America Need More Organic Farmers?
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Organic farming has been one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture for over a decade.  After the USDA implemented national organic standards in 2002, certified organic farmland doubled by 2005.

 

Show Beginning Farmer Organizations & Professionals (495)
There are 495 resources serving Western Slope Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Beginning Farmer Organizations & Professionals serving Western Slope Region
Agronomists and Crop Advisers
American Grazing Lands Services LLC
Jim & Dawn Gerrish - May, ID
Andrea Taillacq
- Wellington, CO
Arthur Etter
- Paonia, CO
Benali B. Burgoa
- Soil Scientist - Grand Junction, CO
Brink Incorporated
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Chad TeVelde, P.E.
AGPROfessionals - Sr. Professional Engineer - Greeley, CO
Cheryl Lynne Hines
- Delta, CO
Crop Quest, Inc.
- Dodge City, KS
Curt Steven Trudeau
Basin Co-Op Inc. - AREA MANAGER - Cortez, CO
Daniel Spare
Spare Engineering - Hesston, KS
Erin Kress
THEngineering - Calhan, CO
Francine Farrell Lheritier
USDA-NRCS - Grand Junction, CO
Jeremy Gilliam
- Grand Junction, CO
Kelly Triece
- Denver, CO
Luke D. Gingerich
- Palisade, CO
Mark E. Meyer
- Mack, CO
Poole Chemical Co.
- Texline, TX
Randy Lee Hines
- Delta, CO
Robert Gallegos
- Austin, CO
Scot Knutson
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Theresa Ramona McGovern
USDA-NRCS - Area Resource Conservationist - Grand Junction, CO
Thomas Leroy Campbell
- fertilizer manager - Durango, CO
Tim Naylor
Agprofessionals - Director of Operation - Greeley, CO
Travis Hertneky
- Calhan, CO
Tyler Desiderio
- Hotchkiss, CO
Wild Dream Hemp Company
- Tignall, GA
Conservation Districts
Bookcliff Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Colorado Association of Conservation Districts
- Lamar, CO
Debeque-Plateau Valley Conservation District
- Collbran, CO
Delta Conservation District
Suzie Bilberry - District Manager - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Conservation District
- Dove Creek, CO
High Desert Conservation District
- Cortez, CO
La Plata Conservation District
- Durango, CO
Mancos Conservation District
- Mancos, CO
Mesa Conservation District
- Grand Junction, CO
Mount Sopris Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Pine River Conservation District
- Ignacio, CO
San Juan Conservation District
- Pagosa Springs, CO
San Miguel Basin Conservation District
- Norwood, CO
Shavano Conservation District
- Montrose, CO
South Side Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Conservation Groups and Associations
Access Fund
- Boulder, CO
ACRE Investment Management, LLC
- The Plains, VA
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Washington, DC
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Farm Bureau Federation
- Washington, DC
American Fisheries Society
- Bethesda, MD
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
- Washington, DC
American Friends of Canadian Conservation
Sandra Tassel - Program Coordinator - Bellingham, WA
American Hiking Society
- Silver Spring, MD
American Rivers
Jaime Sigaran - Associate Director - Washington, DC
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Arbor Day Foundation
- Nebraska City, NE
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Bee City USA
An Initiative of the Xerces Society - Portland, OR
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- Brighton, CO
Boone and Crockett Club
- Missoula, MT
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter
- Ottawa, ON
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Warner College of Natural Resources - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
CLUB 20
- Grand Junction, CO
Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation
Brooke S. Fox - President/CEO - Castle Rock, CO
Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Sarah Smith - Marketing & Communications Director - Arvada, CO
Colorado Historical Foundation
- Golden, CO
Colorado Mountain Club
- Golden, CO
Colorado Nonprofit Association
Renny Fagan - President and CEO - Denver, CO
Colorado Pheasants Forever
Bob Hix - Regional Representative for Colorado & Wyoming - Aurora, CO
Colorado State Land Board
- Denver, CO
Colorado Watershed Assembly
- Glendale, CO
Colorado Wildlife Federation
- Denver, CO
Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation
- Denver, CO
Community for Sustainable Energy
Fred Kirsch - Director - Fort Collins, CO
ConservAmerica
- Washington, DC
Conservation Colorado
Beka Wilson - Denver, CO
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Conservation Plus
- The Plains, VA
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports
- Washington, DC
Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Bismarck, ND
EcoAgriculture Partners
- Oakton, VA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Environment Colorado
- Denver, CO
Environmental Incentives
- South Lake Tahoe, CA
Equine Land Conservation Resource
- Lexington, KY
Family Farm Alliance
Dan Keppen - Executive Director - Klamath Falls, OR
Farmers For Monarchs
Franklin Holley - Keystone, CO
Forest Stewards Guild
- Santa Fe, NM
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center (Sutton Center)
- Bartlesville, OK
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Great Outdoors Colorado
- Denver, CO
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
Gail Nosek - Communications Director - Minneapolis, MN
Green School Alliance
- New York, NY
Greenway Foundation
- Denver, CO
High Plains Environmental Center
- Loveland, CO
Hunt Fish 30x30 Coalition
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation - Washington, DC
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
Institute for Environmental Solutions
- Denver, CO
Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program
Monarch Joint Venture - St. Paul, MN
Intermountain West Joint Venture
- Missoula, MT
Itasca Ladyslipper Farm
Carol Steele - Grand Rapids, MN
Izaak Walton League
- Gaithersburg, MD
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Journey North
- Madison, WI
Julia Debes
Pheasants Forever - Working Lands for Wildlife Director of Agricultural Communications - Hoisington, KS
Justin Musser
Montrose County Ecological Services - Eco Services Manager - Montrose, CO
Keep It Colorado (formerly Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts)
Melissa Daruna - Exeuctive Director - Golden, CO
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Mad Agriculture
- Boulder, CO
Manomet
- Plymouth, MA
Metro Blooms
Becky Rice - Executive Director - Minneapolis, MN
Monarch Collaborative
Keystone Policy Center - Keystone, CO
Monarch Flyway
- Ogallala, NE
Monarch Joint Venture
- St. Paul, MN
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Madison, WI
Mule Deer Foundation
- Salt Lake City, UT
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington, DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Deer Association
- Bogart, GA
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Rocky Mountain Regional Office
Chris West - Director - Denver, CO
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Grazing Lands Coalition
Monti Golla - National GLC Executive Director - College Station, TX
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wild Turkey Federation - Colorado State Chapter
- Larkspur, CO
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
Natural Areas Association
- Pittsburgh, PA
Nature Manitoba
Roger Turenne - President - Winnipeg, MB
No-till on the Plains
- Berryton, KS
North American Grouse Partnership
- Garden Valley, ID
Orianne Society
- Tiger, GA
Parks for Pollinators
National Recreation and Park Association - Ashburn, VA
Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands
- Missoula, MT
Partners for Western Conservation
- Arvada, CO
Partners in the Sage
- Missoula, MT
Partnerscapes
Steve Jester - Executive Director - Pueblo, CO
Partnership for Conservation
- Washington, DC
Partnership of Rangeland Trusts
- Arvada, CO
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
- Erie, CO
Pollinators Prospering People
- Baltimore, MD
Project Apis m.
- Salt Lake City, UT
Project Monarch Health
- Athens, GA
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Craig A. Alderman - Executive Director - Buffalo, MO
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
River Partners
- Chico, CA
RiversEdge West
- Grand Junction, CO
Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
- Basalt, CO
Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society
- Coraopolis, PA
Sage Grouse Initiative
Tim Griffiths - West Regional Coordinator - Bozeman, MT
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
Southern Conservation Trust
Katie Pace Quattlebaum - Executive Director - Fayetteville, GA
Southwest Monarch Study
- Chandler, AZ
Sportsmen's Alliance
- Columbus, OH
Susan Lohr
Lohr Associates - Grand Junction, CO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Monarchs
- North Platte, NE
Tammy VerCauteren
Executive Director, Administration - Prairie Partners Program - Fort Collins, CO
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
Ariel Steele, Owner - Berthoud, CO
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texan by Nature
- Austin, TX
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
- Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Meateater Land Access Initiative
Meat EaterMT
The Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Washington, DC
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Unique Places To Save
- Chapel Hill, NC
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
- London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
- Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
- Portland, OR
Western Growers
- Irvine, CA
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
- Manomet, MA
Western Landowners Alliance
Lesli Allison - Executive Director - Santa Fe, NM
Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper
Xerces Society - Portland, OR
Western Monarch Working Group
- Boise, ID
Western Native Trout Initiative
Therese Thompson - Project Coordinator - Lakewood, CO
Western Resource Advocates
- Boulder, CO
Western Rivers Conservancy
- Portland, OR
Wild Sheep Foundation
- Bozeman, MT
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Ed Self - Founder and Executive Director - Boulder, CO
Wildlife Forever
- White Bear Lake, MN
Wildlife Management Institute
- Gardners, PA
Wildlife Research Institute
- Julian, CA
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Consultants - Land
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Ann Ruzow Holland, Ph.D. AICP
- Principal-Consultant - Willsboro, NY
Barry Rhea
Rhea Environmental Consulting - Owner, primary consultant - Mancos, CO
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Brink Incorporated
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Brink, Inc.
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Bruce F. Short
Short Forestry, LLC - Owner - Mancos, CO
Cary Aloia
- Monte Vista, CO
Chad TeVelde, P.E.
AGPROfessionals - Sr. Professional Engineer - Greeley, CO
Cirrus Ecological Solutions
Neal Artz - Logan, UT
Colorado Wildlife Science, LLC
Jonathan Lowsky - Principal Ecologist - Basalt, CO
Conservation Consulting Group
Nancy W. Moore - Managing Partner - Monona, WI
David Harper
Land in Common - Charleston, SC
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Crawford, CO
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Double W Services, Inc.
Wiiliam Roy Williams - Lakewood, CO
E. David Sharman
Certified Prof Agronomist - Brush, CO
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Evr-green Management Group, Inc
Matt S. Campbell - President - Rome, GA
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
- Charlottesville, VA
Forest Stewardship Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Gerald Knudsen
Agritech Consulting - Morrison, CO
Green Infrastructure Center
Karen Firehock - Executive Director - Charlottesville, VA
Greener Prospects
- Brunswick, ME
Gregg Elliott
K Gregg Consulting - Conservation Communications Consultant - Cordova, TN
Hemard & Company
Victor E. Hemard Jr. - President - Texarkana, TX
Holistic Management International
Sandy Langelier - Director, Communications & Outreach - Albuquerque, NM
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Jennifer Migliorato
- Breckenridge, CO
Jeremy Sokulsky
Environmental Incentives - President - South Lake Tahoe, CA
Joel Russell
Joel Russell Associates - Principal - Northampton, MA
Kelly Colfer
Western Bionomics, Inc. - President - Steamboat Springs, CO
Kelly Rogers
- Grand Junction, CO
Knight Planning Services
Terrill Knight - Prinicpal - Eagle, CO
Land Conservation Assistance Network
Amos Eno - President / Executive Director - Yarmouth, ME
Land EKG
Charley Orchard - Ten Sleep, WY
Linda Ziccardi
Alpine EcoSciences LLC - Owner - Golden, CO
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
LJ Conservation Matters
Leonard Jordan - Douglasville, GA
Mark Lewis
Mississippi Land Company - Mayhew, MS
Martin Property Research, Inc.
Michael J. Martin, CFA, MAI - Real Estate Appraiser - Denver, CO
Matt Tobler
Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting, LLC - Natural Resource Specialist/Director - Fort Collins, CO
Mauriello Planning Group, LLC
Dominic F. Mauriello - Principal - Eagle, CO
Mayes, Wilson & Associates
- San Marcos, TX
Nathan John Bell
Bell Consulting LLC - Rifle, CO
National NEMO Network
- Haddam, CT
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Plan Tools, LLC
- Loveland, CO
PlanIt Forward
Patrick Crist - Principal - Broomfield, CO
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Rhizoterra Inc.
Avril Stevenson - Project Manager - Spokane, WA
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
Roe Ecological Services, LLC
Chris and Kelly Roe - Logan, KS
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Shelli Bischoff
Conservation Impact - President - Denver, CO
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Solutions in the Land, LLC
- Kenosha, WI
Stacy W. Jackson
Jackson Real Estate Professionals - Owner - Winnsboro, TX
Strategic Conservation Solutions, LLC
Bruce I. Knight - Principal and Founder - Washington, DC
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
- Belgrade, MT
T. Andrew Earles, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CPESC
Vice President of Water Resources - Wright Water Engineers - Denver, CO
Tammy VerCauteren
Executive Director, Administration - Prairie Partners Program - Fort Collins, CO
Thomas L. Daniels
University of Pennsylvania School of Design - Professor of City and Regional Planning - Philadelphia, PA
Tom Braun, AICP
Braun Associates, Inc. - President - Edwards, CO
Travis Hertneky
- Calhan, CO
Understanding Ag, LLC
- Fort Payne, AL
Unique Places Southwest
Michael Scisco - Regional Director & Director of GIS and Cartography - Albuquerque, NM
CSU Extension
Archuleta County Extension
- Pagosa Springs, CO
Colorado State Forest Service Nursery
- Fort Collins, CO
Dolores County Extension
- Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Extension
- Rifle, CO
La Plata County Extension
- Durango, CO
Montezuma County Extension
- Cortez, CO
Montrose County Extension
- Montrose, CO
San Miguel Basin Extension
- Norwood, CO
Tri River Area Extension
- Grand Junction, CO
Federal And State Agency Landowner Specialists
Kristina Kline
Private Lands Wildlife Biologist - Durango, CO
Marcella Fremgen
NRCS Field Office - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Montrose, CO
Marcella Tarantino
SGI Strategic Watershed Action Team - Farm Bill Biologist - Montrose, CO
Patty Knupp
Area Biologist - USDA-NRCS Area Three Office - Pueblo, CO
Rebecca Burton
SGI Strategic Watershed Action Team - Farm Bill Biologist - Craig, CO
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Managed Forest Law
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Madison, WI
Native Prairie and Wildlife Habitat - Property Tax Benefits
- Des Moines, IA
Native Prairie Tax Exemption Program
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - St Paul, MN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
FSA Local Offices
Delta County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Delta Service Center - Delta, CO
Dolores County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Dove Creek Service Center - Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Glenwood Springs Service Center - Glenwood Spgs, CO
La Plata County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Durango Service Center - Durango, CO
Mesa County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Montezuma County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Cortez Service Center - Cortez, CO
Montrose County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Montrose Service Center - Montrose, CO
USDA Colorado Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- Denver, CO
Government Agencies
Bureau of Land Management
Nikki Haskett - Office of National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships - Washington, DC
Bureau of Land Management
Colorado State Office - Lakewood, CO
Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Broomfield, CO
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 4
Gina DeArcos - Program Assistant - Montrose, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 7
Melissa Schneider - Program Assistant - Durango, CO
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- Denver, CO
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Denver, CO
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Gunnison Office
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Southwest Region - Gunnison, CO
Colorado State Forest Service
- Fort Collins, CO
Colorado State Land Board
- Denver, CO
Colorado State Land Board
District 1 - Northwest - Steamboat Springs, CO
Colorado State Land Board
District 4 - Southwest - Alamosa, CO
Cortez Area Office
USDA Rural Development - Cortez, CO
Delta Area Office
USDA Rural Development - Delta, CO
Division of Water Resources Division 5
Lindsey Latham - Program Assistant - Glenwood Springs, CO
Durango Office
Clorado Parks and Wildlife - Southwest Region - Durango, CO
Glenwood Springs Office
Clorado Parks and Wildlife - Northwest Region - Glenwood Springs, CO
Grand Junction Office
Clorado Parks and Wildlife - Northwest Region - Grand Junction, CO
Justin Musser
Montrose County Ecological Services - Eco Services Manager - Montrose, CO
Keep It Colorado (formerly Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts)
Melissa Daruna - Exeuctive Director - Golden, CO
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
Bureau of Land Management - Grand Junction, CO
Monarch Conservation Science Partnership
- LA Crosse, WI
Montrose Office
Clorado Parks and Wildlife - Southwest Region - Montrose, CO
National Invasive Species Council
U.S. Department of the Interior - Washington, DC
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Washington, DC
National Park Service
- Washington, DC
Northwest District Office
Bureau of Land Management - Silt, CO
NRCS National Water Quality Initiative
- Washington, DC
Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- Denver, CO
Royal Gorge Field Office
Bureau of Land Management - Canon City, CO
Smokey Bear - Wildfire Prevention
USDA Forest Service - Washington, DC
Southwest District Office
Bureau of Land Management - Montrose, CO
State and Private Forestry
USDA Forest Service - Office of Communication - Washington, DC
Tres Rios Field Office
Bureau of Land Management - Dolores, CO
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Washington, DC
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Washington, DC
Uncompahgre Field Office
Bureau of Land Management - Montrose, CO
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior - Washington, DC
US Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Washington, DC
USDA Rural Development - Colorado Office
- Denver, CO
Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Cheyenne, WY
Western Governors’ Association
James Ogsbury - Executive Director - Denver, CO
White's Creek Lake Campground
- Eupora, MS
Irrigation Suppliers and Contractors
Agri Drain
- Adair, IA
Central Irrigation, Llc
- Fruita, CO
Central Pump Company, Inc.
- Center, CO
Daniel Spare
Spare Engineering - Hesston, KS
DripWorks
- Willits, CA
Maximized Water Management LLC
William (Bill) Fuchs - Owner - Chester, ID
Netafim Drip-Micro Irrigation Products
Netafim USA - Fresno, CA
Pilot Creek Irrigation, Llc
- Austin, CO
Quality Irrigation - Yuma
- Yuma, CO
Rain For Rent
- Rifle, CO
Rain For Rent
- Cortez, CO
Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Chris Roth - President - Deshler, NE
Land Surveyors
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Certified Forester (Forestry Consultants) - Portland, OR
Ron Barrett, L.S.
Del-Mont Consultants, Inc. - Vice President, Surveying - Montrose, CO
NRCS Local Offices
Cortez Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Cortez, CO
Delta Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Dove Creek, CO
Durango Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Durango, CO
Glenwood Springs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Glenwood Spgs, CO
Grand Junction NRCS Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Jim McGannon
Forestry/Landscape Consultant - Parker, CO
Montrose Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Montrose, CO
Pagosa Spgs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pagosa Spgs, CO
Resource Conservation and Development Councils
Justin Musser
Montrose County Ecological Services - Eco Services Manager - Montrose, CO
San Juan RC&D Council
Pamela Dollar - Manager - Durango, CO
Rural-Farmer, Rancher, and Fishery Cooperatives
Basin Cooperative Inc.
Tom Campbell - Agronomy Manager - Durango, CO
Chestnut Growers of America
- Richmond, VA
Country Natural Beef
- Redmond, OR
Durango Natural Foods
- Durango, CO
Fruita Consumers Cooperative Association Inc.
- Fruita, CO
Organic Valley
- La Farge, WI
Rainbow Gardens Co-op
- Ridgeway, CO
San Pedro Land & Cattle CO
Chase Currie - CARRIZO SPRINGS, TX
Select Sires Inc.
David C. Thorbahn - President & CEO - Plain City, OH
Small Farm Resources
American AgAppraisal
Hal Forcey, ARA - Santa Rosa, CA
American AgCredit, ACA
- Montrose, CO
American AgCredit, ACA
- Durango, CO
American AgCredit, ACA
- Grand Junction, CO
Boyd Crowder
TJ Crowder & Sons - Owner/Manager - Iliff, CO
Brink, Inc.
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Colorado Land Link
Guidestone Colorado - Salida, CO
eco systems design, inc
- basalt, CO
Farm Credit of Southern Colorado
- Colorado Springs, CO
Majestic Roofing
- Loveland, CO
Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
- Wheatland, WY
State Funding / Technical Resources
Colorado Building Farmers
Project Director - Dawn Thilmany - Longmont, CO
Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Broomfield, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 4
Gina DeArcos - Program Assistant - Montrose, CO
Colorado Environmental Pesticide Education Program
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Legacy Program
Joseph A. Duda - Dupty State Forester - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Products Program
Kristina Hughes - Program Administrator - Broomfield, CO
Colorado Natural Heritage Program
David Anderson - Director and Chief Scientist - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- Denver, CO
Colorado Small Range Maintenance Grants
Melissa Neal? - Hunter Education Program Assistant, Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Tree Farm Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Walk-in Access Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program
Kelsea Holloway - Wetlands Program Coordinator - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program
Amanda Nims - Denver, CO
Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program
- Fort Collins, CO
Division of Water Resources Division 5
Lindsey Latham - Program Assistant - Glenwood Springs, CO
Durango Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Durango, CO
Forest Ag Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Forest Stewardship Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Game Damage Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Grand Junction Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Grand Junction, CO
Habitat Partnership Program
- Grand Junction, CO
Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Boise, ID
Montrose Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Montrose, CO
Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- Denver, CO
Ranching for Wildlife
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Recovery & Conservation Plans
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Southern Rockies Fire Science Network (SRFSN)
- Fort Collins, CO
Tammy VerCauteren
Executive Director, Administration - Prairie Partners Program - Fort Collins, CO
The Grassland Species Plan
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program
- Fort Collins, CO
USDA - FSA Programs
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Colorado Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Denver, CO
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Conservation Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Ownership Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)
USDA Agricultural Research Service - Missoula, MT
Source Water Protection Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
USDA - NRCS Programs
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Colorado Conservation Stewardship Program
Eugene Backhaus - State Resource Conservationist - Denver, CO
Colorado Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Debra M Molinaro - FA Program Manager - Denver, CO
Colorado Grassland Reserve Program
- Denver, CO
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
- Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
EQIP Organic Initiative
- Washington, DC
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
Healthy Forest Reserve Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center
- Knox City, TX
Longleaf Pine Initiative
NRCS - Washington, DC
Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
- Los Lunas, NM
Manhattan Plant Materials Center
- Manhattan, KS
NRCS National Water Quality Initiative
- Washington, DC
Ogallala Aquifer Initiative
Barry Frantz - Coordinator - Washington, DC
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
- Washington, DC
Small scale solutions for your farm
USDA - NRCS - Washington, DC
The Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative
USDA-NRCS - Marysville, KS
USDA-NRCS Colorado
Clint Evans - State Conservationist (STC) - Denver, CO
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP)
Lisa McCauley - Program Manager - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
USDA Programs - Other
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
Denis Ebodaghe - National Program Leader - Division of Agricultural Systems - Kansas City, MO
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Food Linc
Jim Barham - USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Rural Development Loan Programs
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA - Washington, DC
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
USDA Rural Development - Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants - Washington, DC
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC
Western SARE
- Bozeman, MT

 Farm Best Management Practices

   
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Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

Reducing Woody Encroachment in Grasslands: A Guide for Understanding Risk and Vulnerability
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A new guide, produced through a partnership between public university extension programs in the Great Plains, the USDA-NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), the USDA-NRCS’s Central National Technology Support Center (CNTSC), and various other conservation partners, provides the first-ever framework for addressing woody encroachment, now recognized as one of the top two drivers of grassland loss in the Great Plains.

 

ACP (Asian Citrus Psyllid)/HLB (Huanglongbing Disease) Distribution and Management

 

Regenerative Agriculture
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Watch and listen as this expert panel discusses the current state of agriculture and conservation in today's world. Moderated by Alex Echols this panel provides insight and information on the current state of agricultural practices.

 

Cattlemen’s Land Trust at the Forefront of Conservation
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Watch and listen to an on-the-ground panel of experts talk about the relationship of how ranchers and conservationists work together provides successful conservation outcomes while keeping working lands working.

 

Agrilyst Inc.

Agrilyst is a web-based software platform that helps indoor farms manage their crops and gain data-driven insights to make more profitable production decisions.

Run your farm optimally at all times. With Agrilyst, you can create quick and easy seeding plans from templates for each of your crops. Built for indoor operations, templates make it simple to schedule cut-and-come again varieties, partial harvests, vine harvests, and more. Seeding plans sync automatically with tasks so everyone in your facility knows what to do every day.

Contact Information

Address:

68 Jay St., Suite 201

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone:

(646) 878-6840

Email:

info@agrilyst.com

 

Mix My Sprayer for iOS and Android

Clemson University developed Mix My Sprayer to aid with quick, accurate calculations of product mixes to be applied with spraying equipment. Users can create custom lists of favorite products by category. Simply add or select a product, insert values in each input box, and the app automatically calculates the amount of product to include in the user-defined mix size. Units for each input can be customized by tapping the unit buttons. Products are saved with the user settings last used.

This free mobile smartphone app is designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android devices. Click here to download.

 

Grasslands Beneficial Management Practices Tool

 

Fifth annual cover crop survey results
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The 2016-2017 cover crop survey report from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SARE) program, Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) and American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is now available.& ...

 

Best Management Practices for Reducing Ammonia Emissions
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Production of ammonia is an inevitable part of livestock production, but ammonia emissions can be reduced through good management. Strategies to reduce ammonia emissions from livestock production have focused primarily on preventing ammonia formation and volatilization, or downwind transport of ammonia after it is volatilized.

 

Best Management Practices for Reducing Ammonia Emissions - Feedlot Pen Management
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Confined cattle feeding operations have been identified as a potential source of airborne ammonia emissions. The majority of ammonia produced at feedlots comes from fresh urine on pen surfaces.

 

Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program
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The Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program was created to protect groundwater and the environment from impairment or degradation due to the improper use of agricultural chemicals while allowing for their proper and correct use.

 

Integrating Bird Conservation into Range Management

This manual is designed to assist resource professionals with integrating birds and their habitat needs into range management and monitoring, and to train landowners and land managers to do the same.& ...

 

Sharing Your Land with Prairie Wildlife
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This third edition of this manual (formerly entitled Sharing Your Land With Shortgrass Prairie Birds) is about how to help birds and other wildlife make a living from the land while you do the same.

 

Best Management Practices for Shortgrass Prairie Birds
By:

The information in this guide is designed to guide you in creating and maintaining habitat for 13 bird species of the shortgrass prairie, birds that are in need of conservation efforts.

 

Stream Crossing
By:

Learn about small scale solutions for your farm with this instructional pamphlet.

 

AgroClimate

AgroClimate is an innovative web-resource for decision-support and learning, providing interactive tools and climate information to improve crop management decisions and reduce production risks associated with climate variability, climate change, and extreme weather events. Users can monitor variables of interest such as growing degree days, chill hours, freeze risk, disease risks for selected crops, and current and projected drought conditions. Users can also learn about the impacts of climate cycles affecting the Southeastern United States, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

AgroClimate uses crop simulation models along with historic, current, and forecasted climate data to allow decision makers to compare changes in probable outcomes under different climate conditions.

Water and carbon footprint calculators on AgroClimate can provide system-specific estimates of how efficiently water and energy are being used. AgroClimate also includes educational resources, including videos and fact sheets, about management practices and technologies that can help improve efficiency of production and decrease the vulnerability of agricultural systems to climate variability and change.

AgroClimate is regularly used during training events for County Extension faculty and during workshops with agricultural producers. Its modular platform allows for an easy replication in other geographies and for content expansion.

 

How to Compost and Use Horse Manure- A Step-By-Step Guide for Horse Owners
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Provides essential steps for building and using a horse manure composting system that can be managed without the aid of a tractor. This system is intended for backyard or small farm (ranchette) operations with 1 to 5 horses.

 

Creating & Using a Sacrifice Area for Horses- A Good Start for Healthy Pastures
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A sacrifice area is any small enclosure intended to be a horse's outdoor living quarters during the winter and spring. These areas can improve the health and productivity of pastures.

 

Farmer's Tax Guide
By:

This publication explains how the federal tax laws apply to farming. Use this publication as a guide to figure your taxes and complete your farm tax return.& ...

 

How to Choose a Certification Agency and the Organic Certification Process
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There are many USDA accredited certification agencies that can certify your farm or enterprise as organic. So how do you find the right agency to work with you? Here are some questions you should ask the agencies and some things to ask neighboring farmers.

 

Managing Manure with Biogas Recovery Systems BMPs
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Improved performance at competitive costs is promised by this 2002 EPA publication all about anaerobic digestion and biogas recovery for energy.

 

Managing Manure Nutrients at Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

A lengthy document from EPA (2004), Managing Manure contains information pertinent to Large CAFOs in the Dairy Cows and Cattle other than Veal Calves and the Swine, Poultry, and Veal Calves subcategories of the final CAFO regulations.

 

Working Trees for Agriculture
By:

Putting trees to work in conservation and production systems for farms, ranches, and nearby communities means planting the right trees, in the right places and in the correct design to achieve desired objectives.

 

Watering Facilities for Managed Grazing Systems
By:

 

Drainage Ditch Research Reveals Opportunities for Cleaning Up Runoff
By:

 Vegetated drainage ditches can help clean up runoff water.

 

Farmers’ Guide to Wind Energy
By:

A 293 page guide to the Legal Issues in Farming the Wind on your farm from June 2007

 

Nutrient Management Conservation Practice Standard
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Nutrient Management is defined as the management of the 4R's of Nutrient Management:Right amount (rate), Right source, Right placement (method of application), Right timing of commercial fertilizers, manure, soil amendments, and organic by-products to agricultural landscapes as a source of plant nutrients while protecting local air, soil and water quality.

 

 Farm Income Opportunities

   
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Local Dirt

Buy, sell and find local food with Local Dirt. How it works, buyers can search and source local food in their area with the added convenience of online ordering. Sellers can easily find new buyers and sell their products online. Local Dirt will even automate your invoicing and track your inventory. Farmer markets, buying clubs and co-ops can automate ordering, inventory, price sheets and invoicing. Click Here!

 

Harvest To Hand

Are you looking for a local harvest festival, farmers market, pick-your-own, locally made products or family-friendly farms? Harvest to Hand is a smartphone app here to help promote a sustainable way of life for local agriculture across the United States (available for iPhone® and Android™ mobile devices). Consumers have easy access to fresh farm products, events and home-spun goods right at their fingertips through our free Harvest to Hand app. Click here to explore the app online. 

 

Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs

 

AgProfit™

AgProfit™ is a computer program designed to assist agricultural producers make long-run decisions when implementing technologies to a specific crop or analyzing cropping systems. AgProfit™ estimates machinery, labor, and production input costs as well as fruit size, grade, and total yield for calculating returns for crops with multiple establishment and production years. The program allows you to inflate specific return and input cost items over time to analyze the net present value, internal rate of return, and financial feasibility when implementing a particular technology, making minor changes to returns or input costs, or comparing cropping systems.

AgProfit™ is free to use and requires users to register with the AgTools website and obtain a license.

View the AgProfit™ presentation

UPDATE:

The AgTools™ web site is currently unavailable. If you are requesting a AgProfit™, AgLease™, or AgFinance™ program, a license file, or need other assistance please contact Clark Seavert, clark.seavert@oregonstate.edu.

The new online program AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC will replace the AgTools™ suite of software programs. This exciting new program will be released about September 1, 2015. You can track the progress of the AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC program by following us on Facebook or Twitter.

 

Taking the First Step - Farm and Ranch Alternative Enterprise and Agritourism Resource Evaluation Guide
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This publication was prepared in response to requests from local advisors, farmers, and ranchers for a simple guide to the first step in identifying alternative income-producing agricultural enterprises and agritourism opportunities.

 

What are Food Hubs
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A Food Hub is a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of course-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.

 

The Regional Food Hub Resource Guide
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The guide is an extensive collection of information and resources, providing background on everything needed to develop or participate in a regional food hub.

 

Farmer’s Markets

Farmers' markets are one of the oldest forms of direct marketing by small farmers.

 

Community Supported Agriculture - What It is and Where to Find It

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is the practice of focusing on the local production of high quality foods with the support of a consumer group that is willing to fund a whole season's budget in order to get quality foods.

 

Grasslands and Carbon - Processes and Trends
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Rebecca McCulley of the University of Kentucky, Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences presents this video short course on Grasslands, which make up 30% of the U.S ...

 

Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
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The Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers, produced by the American Farmland Trust (AFT), provides an overview of available market opportunities for environmental credits and services, how farmers and ranchers can get involved in them, and ways to encourage their continued growth.

 

Regional Food Hubs - Linking Producers to new markets
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This presentation illustrates what the core components of food hubs are; provides examples of  successful food hubs, one urban - La Montanita Co-op Food Market in New Mexico, and one rural - Appalachian Sustainable Development in Virginia; describes the lessons learned to date about coordinating successful food hubs; maps existing and potential food hubs; and, finally, gives the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Regional Food Hub Subcommittees work plan for the future.

 

Selling at Farmers Markets
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Ideas and information to make your venture a success.

 

Rural Bounty

Explore North America's Rural Bounty

Discover the rich bounty of farm fresh fruits and vegetables, outdoor activities, and family fun that our rural countryside has to offer!

  • Daytrip or Vacation to a Farm or Ranch
  • Pick Your Own-Fruits, Pumpkins, Trees
  • Discover Charming Countryside Wineries
  • Challenge Your Hunting & Outdoor Skills

In the U.S. and Canada, there are approximately 65,000 farms and ranches that invite the public to visit, and more and more are becoming members on the Rural Bounty website. We invite you to come back often to plan relaxing day trips, or weeks away, enjoying the Rural Bounty of North America.  Visit website »

 

 

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Agritourism
Alida’s Fruits
- Palisade, CO
Aloha Organic Fruit
- Palisade, CO
Azura Cellars
- Paonia, CO
B Bar S Ranch
- Nederland, CO
Balistreri Vineyards
- Denver, CO
Barefoot Homestead
- Conifer, CO
Bee Family Centennial Farm Museum
- Fort Collins, CO
Berg Harvest, LLC
- Paonia, CO
Big B’s Delicious Orchards
- Hotchkiss, CO
Boxwood Gulch Ranch
- Shawnee, CO
C & R Farms
- Palisade, CO
Carlson Vineyards, Inc.
- Palisade, CO
Christensen Ranch, LLC
- Weldona, CO
Colorado Cellars Winery - Rocky Mountain Vineyards
- Palisade, CO
Colorado Cider Company
- Denver, CO
Covered Bridge Ranch
- Montrose, CO
Dayspring Farm, LLC
- Olathe, CO
Degoatsnsheep Ranch LLC
- Bayfield, CO
Delicious Orchards & Big B's Cidery
- Paonia, CO
Delta County Fairgrounds
- Hotchkiss, CO
Eagle Tree Farm, LLC
- Dolores, CO
Green Acres U-Pick
- Palisade, CO
Green Pastures Country Farm/Agritourism
- Silt, CO
Happy Hogs Farm
- Montose, CO
Harry’s Peaches
- Palisade, CO
High Country Highlands at Maryland Creek Ranch
Leo Causland - Silverthorne, CO
High Country Orchards & Vineyards
- Palisade, CO
Horse Mountain Alpacas
- Loma, CO
Jack-A-Lope Acres
- Ignacio, CO
Lamborn Mountain Farmstead
- Paonia, CO
Moon Farm Pumpkin Patch
- Fruita, CO
Osage Gardens
- New Castle, CO
Osito Orchard LLC
- Hotchkiss, CO
Peachfork
- Palisade, CO
Peachfork Orchards & Vineyard
- Palisade, CO
Plum Creek Winery
- Palisade, CO
Punk's
- Delta, CO
Red Mountain Ranches
- Cedaredge, CO
Sage Creations Organic Farm
- Palisade, CO
Seven Meadows Farm
- Mancos, CO
Studt's Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze
- Loma, CO
Sustainable Settings
- Carbondale, CO
Talbott Farms
- Palisade, CO
The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado
- Durango, CO
Uncle Johnny's U-Pick Farm
- Cedaredge, CO
Conservation Credit Markets
American Mass Timber
Russ Krauss - CEO and Founder - Owls Head, ME
Blue Source
- Cottonwood Heights, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Chestnut Carbon Solutions
- New York, NY
Climate Action Reserve
- Los Angeles, CA
Conservation Tax Credit Transfer, LLC
Jody A. Barbour - Owner - Morrison, CO
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Eco-Harvest Market Program
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium - Falls Church, VA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
Ecosystem Marketplace
- Washington, DC
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Debbie Reed - Executive Director - Falls Church, VA
EP Carbon
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Fund
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Works
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Trends
- Washington, DC
Grassroots Carbon
- San Antonio, TX
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Marstel-Day, LLC
- Fredericksburg, VA
Partners for Western Conservation
- Arvada, CO
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
- Houston, TX
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
Ariel Steele, Owner - Berthoud, CO
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Unique Places Conservation
Michael Scisco - Conservation & Mitigation Specialist - Albuquerque, NM
Westervelt Ecological Services
Lucy Harrington - Rocky Mountain Regional Manager - Centennial, CO
Conservation Districts
Bookcliff Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Colorado Association of Conservation Districts
- Lamar, CO
Debeque-Plateau Valley Conservation District
- Collbran, CO
Delta Conservation District
Suzie Bilberry - District Manager - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Conservation District
- Dove Creek, CO
High Desert Conservation District
- Cortez, CO
La Plata Conservation District
- Durango, CO
Mancos Conservation District
- Mancos, CO
Mesa Conservation District
- Grand Junction, CO
Mount Sopris Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Pine River Conservation District
- Ignacio, CO
San Juan Conservation District
- Pagosa Springs, CO
San Miguel Basin Conservation District
- Norwood, CO
Shavano Conservation District
- Montrose, CO
South Side Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
CSU Extension
Archuleta County Extension
- Pagosa Springs, CO
Colorado State Forest Service Nursery
- Fort Collins, CO
Dolores County Extension
- Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Extension
- Rifle, CO
La Plata County Extension
- Durango, CO
Montezuma County Extension
- Cortez, CO
Montrose County Extension
- Montrose, CO
San Miguel Basin Extension
- Norwood, CO
Tri River Area Extension
- Grand Junction, CO
Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service Programs
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Dr. Susan Pasko - Executive Secretary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Ecological Services Program - Baileys Crossroads, VA
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants
- Baileys Crossroads, VA
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants
Region 6 - Mountain Prairie - Lakewood, CO
Fish Passage Program - Mountain-Prairie Region
Bill Rice - Fish Passage Coordinator - Denver, CO
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- Bozeman, MT
Habitat Conservation Plans
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC
National Fish Passage Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
Guy Foulks - NMBCA Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Arlington, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program
Rodecia Mcknight - Small Grants Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants Program
Stacy Sanchez - U.S. Standard Grants Program Proposal Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
Partners For Fish And Wildlife Program - National
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Colorado
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Lakewood, CO
Safe Harbor Agreements
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program
- Falls Church, VA
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
Ecotourism
Bicycle Colorado
Dan Grunig - Executive Director - Denver, CO
Colorado Mountain Club
- Golden, CO
Crawford State Park
- Crawford, CO
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
Bureau of Land Management - Grand Junction, CO
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
Bureau of Land Management - Montrose, CO
Harvey Gap State Park
- Rifle, CO
Highline Lake State Park
- Loma, CO
Jennifer Standlee
Wildlife Viewing Coordinator, Northwest Region - Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Grand Junction, CO
Lone Mesa State Park
- Mancos, CO
Mancos State Park
- Mancos, CO
Navajo State Park
- Arboles, CO
Ranching for Wildlife
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Ridgway State Park
- Ridgway, CO
Rifle Falls State Park
- Rifle, CO
Rifle Gap State Park
- Rifle, CO
Sweitzer Lake State Park
- Delta, CO
Vega State Park
- Collbran, CO
Walking Mountains Science Center
- Avon, CO
Wilderness Aware Rafting
- Buena Vista, CO
Wilderness Bud and Breakfast
Southwest Wilderness Experience - Pagosa Springs, CO
Wildlife Viewing Coordinator, Southwest Region
John Livingston - Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Durango, CO
Wildlife Viewing Coordinator, Statewide
Mary McCormac? - Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Farm Ranch And Forest Retailers
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Brian Stockman - Executive Vice President and CEO - Glendale, CO
Beartooth Capital Partners
Robert Keith - Managing Principal and Co-Founder - Bozeman, MT
Clark & Associates Land Brokers, LLC
Cory Clark - Lusk, WY
Clift Land Brokers
- Amarillo, TX
Colorado Land Link
Guidestone Colorado - Salida, CO
Dan Murphy
M4 Ranch Group - Lake City, CO
Fay Ranches
Greg Fay - Bozeman, MT
Fay Ranches
- Bozeman, MT
Forest Safety Products
- Van Hornesville, NY
Gary Jellum
Broker - Whitney Land Company - Pendleton, OR
Go Native Tree Farm
John Rosenfeld - Owner - Lancaster, PA
Hall and Hall
- Billings, MT
Hayden Outdoors
- Windsor, CO
Ken Mirr
Mirr Ranch Group - Owner/Broker - Denver, CO
L. Sam Middleton, ARA
Chas S. Middleton and Son - Appraiser, Manager - Lubbock, TX
Live Water Properties
- Jackson, WY
Mark Lewis
Mississippi Land Company - Mayhew, MS
Mason & Morse Ranch Company, LLC
- Colorado Springs, CO
Mirr Ranch Group
Mallory Boyce - Marketing Director - Denver, CO
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
San Pedro Land & Cattle CO
Chase Currie - CARRIZO SPRINGS, TX
Food Hubs and Farmers Markets
Adobe House Farm
- Durango, CO
Alamosa Farmers’ Market
- Alamosa, CO
Ball Fruit
- Palisade, CO
Carbondale Farmers Market
- Carbondale, CO
Chimney Rock Farm & Market
- Bayfield, CO
Cortez Farmers Market
- Cortez, CO
Cortez Farmers’ Market
- Cortez, CO
Downtown Farmers Market
- Grand Junction, CO
Durango Farmers Market
- Durango, CO
Durango Farmers’ Market
- Durango, CO
Farm and Ranch Market
- Palisade, CO
FirstFruits Organic Farms
- Paonia, CO
Fruita Farmers Market
- Fruita, CO
Fruita Farmers’ Market
- Fruita, CO
Glenwood's Downtown Market
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Glenwood's Downtown Market
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Homestead Meats
- Delta, CO
Kokopelli Farm Market
- Palisade, CO
Main Street Market
- Delta, CO
Mancos Farmers Market
- Mancos, CO
Market on the Plaza
- Mountain Village, CO
Montrose Farmers Market
- Montrose, CO
Orchard Mesa Farmers Market
- Grand Junction, CO
Orchard Valley Farms & Market
- Paonia, CO
Pagosa Farmers Market
- Pagosa Springs, CO
Pagosa Farmers Market
- Pagosa Springs , CO
Palisade Sunday Farmers Market
- Palisade, CO
Peach Valley CSA Farm
- Silt, CO
Ridgway Farmers Market
- Ridgway, CO
Ridgway Farmers’ Market
Adam Walters - Market Manager - Ridgway, CO
Rifle Farmers Market
- Rifle, CO
Straw Hat Farm Market & Kitchen Farm
- Montrose, CO
Telluride Farmers Market
- Telluride, CO
Telluride Farmers’ Market
- Telluride, CO
The Arbol Farm Market at Paonia Town Park
- Paonia, CO
The Original Bayfield Farmers Market
- Durango, CO
Tomten Farm
- Placerville, CO
FSA Local Offices
Delta County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Delta Service Center - Delta, CO
Dolores County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Dove Creek Service Center - Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Glenwood Springs Service Center - Glenwood Spgs, CO
La Plata County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Durango Service Center - Durango, CO
Mesa County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Montezuma County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Cortez Service Center - Cortez, CO
Montrose County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Montrose Service Center - Montrose, CO
USDA Colorado Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- Denver, CO
Grant Programs
Acres for America
Thomas E. Kelsch - Vice President, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund - Washington, DC
Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf - Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Bureau of Reclamation - Austin, TX
Bring Back the Natives
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Portland, OR
Clean Trail Grant Program
Leah Leitch - Grant Outreach - ExtremeTerrain.com - Malvern, PA
Clean Water Act Section 319
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC
Colorado Small Range Maintenance Grants
Melissa Neal? - Hunter Education Program Assistant, Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Tree Coalition
Mike McGill - Broomfield, CO
Colorado Walk-in Access Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Conservation Partners Program
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Bloomington, MN
Conservation Partners Program
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Eric Forward - Washington, DC
FACT's Fund-a-Farmer Grants
Food Animal Concerns Trust - Chicago, IL
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
FishAmerica Foundation
Ruth Jackson - Grants Manager - Alexandria, VA
Gates Family Foundation
Thomas A. Gougeon - President - Denver, CO
Great Outdoors Colorado
- Denver, CO
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Maki Foundation
- Carbondale, CO
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Monarch Butterfly Fund
- Madison, WI
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC
National Wildlife Refuge Friends
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Santa Cruz, CA
Perennial Fund
- Boulder, CO
SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. - Washington, DC
The Conservation Alliance
John Sterling - Executive Director - Bend, OR
The FruitGuys Community Fund
Chris Mittelstaedt - Founder and Project Director - South San Francisco, CA
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Meateater Land Access Initiative
Meat EaterMT
The Summerlee Foundation
Lynne Starnes - Director of Administration - Dallas, TX
Upper Colorado Basin - Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Bureau of Reclamation - Salt Lake City, UT
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
WaterSMART Grants
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Denver, CO
West Region Wildfire Council
- Ridgway, CO
Western SARE
- Bozeman, MT
NRCS Local Offices
Cortez Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Cortez, CO
Delta Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Dove Creek, CO
Durango Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Durango, CO
Glenwood Springs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Glenwood Spgs, CO
Grand Junction NRCS Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Jim McGannon
Forestry/Landscape Consultant - Parker, CO
Montrose Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Montrose, CO
Pagosa Spgs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pagosa Spgs, CO
Resource Conservation and Development Councils
Justin Musser
Montrose County Ecological Services - Eco Services Manager - Montrose, CO
San Juan RC&D Council
Pamela Dollar - Manager - Durango, CO
Small Farm Resources
American AgAppraisal
Hal Forcey, ARA - Santa Rosa, CA
American AgCredit, ACA
- Durango, CO
American AgCredit, ACA
- Grand Junction, CO
American AgCredit, ACA
- Montrose, CO
Boyd Crowder
TJ Crowder & Sons - Owner/Manager - Iliff, CO
Brink, Inc.
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Colorado Land Link
Guidestone Colorado - Salida, CO
eco systems design, inc
- basalt, CO
Farm Credit of Southern Colorado
- Colorado Springs, CO
Majestic Roofing
- Loveland, CO
Ranch Management Consultants, Inc.
- Wheatland, WY
State Funding / Technical Resources
Colorado Building Farmers
Project Director - Dawn Thilmany - Longmont, CO
Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Broomfield, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 4
Gina DeArcos - Program Assistant - Montrose, CO
Colorado Environmental Pesticide Education Program
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Legacy Program
Joseph A. Duda - Dupty State Forester - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Products Program
Kristina Hughes - Program Administrator - Broomfield, CO
Colorado Natural Heritage Program
David Anderson - Director and Chief Scientist - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- Denver, CO
Colorado Small Range Maintenance Grants
Melissa Neal? - Hunter Education Program Assistant, Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Tree Farm Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Walk-in Access Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program
Kelsea Holloway - Wetlands Program Coordinator - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program
Amanda Nims - Denver, CO
Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program
- Fort Collins, CO
Division of Water Resources Division 5
Lindsey Latham - Program Assistant - Glenwood Springs, CO
Durango Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Durango, CO
Forest Ag Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Forest Stewardship Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Game Damage Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Grand Junction Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Grand Junction, CO
Habitat Partnership Program
- Grand Junction, CO
Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Boise, ID
Montrose Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Montrose, CO
Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- Denver, CO
Ranching for Wildlife
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Recovery & Conservation Plans
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Southern Rockies Fire Science Network (SRFSN)
- Fort Collins, CO
Tammy VerCauteren
Executive Director, Administration - Prairie Partners Program - Fort Collins, CO
The Grassland Species Plan
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program
- Fort Collins, CO
Sustainable Ag / Community Supported Agriculture
A Pinch of Lavender
- Palisade, CO
Alfred Eames Cellars
- Paonia, CO
Arriola Sunshine Farm
- Dolores, CO
Asclepius Gardens
- Delta, CO
Austin Family Farm & Honey
- Paonia, CO
Avalanche Cheese Company
- Paonia, CO
Banga's Farm
- Mancos, CO
Basin Cooperative Inc.
Tom Campbell - Agronomy Manager - Durango, CO
Beartooth Capital Partners
Robert Keith - Managing Principal and Co-Founder - Bozeman, MT
Bella Bolettino Farms
- Palisade, CO
Bella Farm
- Paonia, CO
Berg Harvest Mercantile
- Paonia, CO
Blaine's Farm Store
- Clifton, CO
Bluebird Organic Fruit Co.
- Palisade, CO
Borden Farms
- Delta, CO
Brickyard Produce, LLC
- Salida, CO
Brightwood Farm
- Durango, CO
Burritt Produce
- Hotchkiss, CO
Circle A Garden
- Montrose, CO
Dancing Dog Farm
- Hotchkiss, CO
Dayspring Eggs Inc.
- Olathe, CO
DELYAKS
- Montrose, CO
Eagle Butte Ranch
- Paonia, CO
El Dorado Cattle Company
- Durango, CO
Ela Family Farms / Silver Spruce Orchards
- Hotchkiss, CO
Ela Family Farms/ Silver Spruce Orchards
- Hotchkiss, CO
Elderado Acres
- Montrose , CO
Elevation Mountain Grown Herbal Tea
- Hotchkiss, CO
Excelsior Orchards
- Paonia, CO
Fruita Consumers Cooperative Association Inc.
- Fruita, CO
Grande River Vineyards
- Palisade, CO
Happy Belly CSA
- Hotchkiss, CO
Hayes Ranch
- Hesperus, CO
High Country Orchards & Vineyards
- Palisade, CO
High Wire Ranch
- Hotchkiss, CO
Holy Terror Farm
- Paonia, CO
I-Guana Farm
- Cedaredge, CO
Indian Ridge Farm
- Norwood, CO
Indian Ridge Farm & Bakery
- Norwood, CO
J & M Dairy
- Hesperus, CO
James Ranch
- Durango, CO
Kokopelli Farm and Produce
- Palisade, CO
Mattics Orchards
- Olathe, CO
Muscat Acres
- Paonia, CO
No-till on the Plains
- Berryton, KS
Osage Gardens
- New Castle, CO
Peace & Plenty Farm
- Hotchkiss, CO
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Rocking W Cheese
- Olathe, CO
Rogers Mesa Fruit Company
- Hotchkiss, CO
Rohwer's Farm
- Pleasant View, CO
Roots From Eden CSA
Maggie Heiser - Farmer-Rancher - Loma, CO
Round Earth
- Hotchkiss, CO
Sage Creations Organic Farm
- Palisade, CO
Stanton Farms
- Paonia, CO
Stone Cottage Cellars
- Paonia, CO
Thistle Whistle Farm
- Hotchkiss, CO
Today We Farm
- Collbran, CO
Topp Fruits
- Hotchkiss, CO
Ultreia Farmstead
- Cedaredge, CO
VanWinkle Ranch
- Fruita, CO
Vines 79 Wine Barn
- Palisade, CO
Wag's World Orchards Fine Fruit Growers
- Eckert, CO
Western SARE
- Bozeman, MT
Wild Dream Hemp Company
- Tignall, GA
Z's Orchards
- Palisade, CO
Zephyros Farm and Garden
- Paonia, CO
USDA - FSA Programs
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Colorado Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Denver, CO
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Conservation Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Ownership Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)
USDA Agricultural Research Service - Missoula, MT
Source Water Protection Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
USDA - NRCS Programs
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Colorado Conservation Stewardship Program
Eugene Backhaus - State Resource Conservationist - Denver, CO
Colorado Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Debra M Molinaro - FA Program Manager - Denver, CO
Colorado Grassland Reserve Program
- Denver, CO
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
- Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
EQIP Organic Initiative
- Washington, DC
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
Healthy Forest Reserve Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center
- Knox City, TX
Longleaf Pine Initiative
NRCS - Washington, DC
Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
- Los Lunas, NM
Manhattan Plant Materials Center
- Manhattan, KS
NRCS National Water Quality Initiative
- Washington, DC
Ogallala Aquifer Initiative
Barry Frantz - Coordinator - Washington, DC
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
- Washington, DC
Small scale solutions for your farm
USDA - NRCS - Washington, DC
The Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative
USDA-NRCS - Marysville, KS
USDA-NRCS Colorado
Clint Evans - State Conservationist (STC) - Denver, CO
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP)
Lisa McCauley - Program Manager - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
USDA Programs - Other
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
Denis Ebodaghe - National Program Leader - Division of Agricultural Systems - Kansas City, MO
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Food Linc
Jim Barham - USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Rural Development Loan Programs
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA - Washington, DC
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
USDA Rural Development - Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants - Washington, DC
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC
Western SARE
- Bozeman, MT

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Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America
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Rural Americans matter—a lot—to the fate of U.S. environmental policy. Not only do farmers, ranchers, and forest owners manage huge portions of American lands and watersheds, but rural voters also have an outsized impact on national policy.

 

Cooperative Extension Service
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The cooperative extension service is designed to help people use research based knowledge to improve their land.  Administered through thousands of county extension offices, extension brings land-grant expertise to the most local of levels in affiliation with the state's designated land-grant universities.& ...

 

Smart Ag

Our vision at Smart Ag is to become the autonomous farming platform of choice in a driverless future.

In our opinion, the smartest way to solve the huge worldwide challenge of feeding a fast growing population is to empower farmers to complete operations faster, more consistently and with less labor than ever before, we believe they can unlock the potential of the land better than anyone else. With the correct tools, technology and knowledge, farmers can do the seemingly impossible.

Our goal is to give farmers the technology to operate smarter and eliminate the choice between what is best for their farm and constraints like available labor, brands of equipment or the cost of larger machinery. That is why our first product AutoCart can be used with an operator in the grain cart tractor or autonomously and will be compatible with any brand of equipment.

Contact Us

2710 S. Loop Drive

Ames, IA 50010

(515) 599-0346 • info@smart-ag.com

 

Agrilyst Inc.

Agrilyst is a web-based software platform that helps indoor farms manage their crops and gain data-driven insights to make more profitable production decisions.

Run your farm optimally at all times. With Agrilyst, you can create quick and easy seeding plans from templates for each of your crops. Built for indoor operations, templates make it simple to schedule cut-and-come again varieties, partial harvests, vine harvests, and more. Seeding plans sync automatically with tasks so everyone in your facility knows what to do every day.

Contact Information

Address:

68 Jay St., Suite 201

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone:

(646) 878-6840

Email:

info@agrilyst.com

 

How to receive conservation assistance from NRCS
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Do you farm or ranch and want to make improvements to the land that you own or lease? NRCS offers technical and financial assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.

 

Connecting retiring landowners and beginning farmers to keep agriculture alive
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Are you a retiring farmer, looking for someone to take over? Land Link is a valuable program that connects beginning farmers with retiring landowners to faciliate farm transfers.

 

Mix My Sprayer for iOS and Android

Clemson University developed Mix My Sprayer to aid with quick, accurate calculations of product mixes to be applied with spraying equipment. Users can create custom lists of favorite products by category. Simply add or select a product, insert values in each input box, and the app automatically calculates the amount of product to include in the user-defined mix size. Units for each input can be customized by tapping the unit buttons. Products are saved with the user settings last used.

This free mobile smartphone app is designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android devices. Click here to download.

 

Forage Information System

The Forage Information System, provided by Oregon State University is a resource for forage-related topics, including Extension, research, and teaching.

 

Geospatial Data Gateway

The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) provides access to a map library of over 100 high resolution vector and raster layers in the Geospatial Data Warehouse. It is the One Stop Source for environmental and natural resources data, at any time, from anywhere, to anyone. It allows you to choose your area of interest, browse and select data, customize the format, then review and download. 

This service is made available through a close partnership between the three Service Center Agencies (SCA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD).

 

Greenbook Plant Protection Product Search

Greenbook.net has an extensive database of chemical product information that you can use to help control unwanted plants. You can search by plant name and the database will list what chemicals you could use. If you need to know more about a specific chemical, you can type it in and search for product info. You need to register with the site to get the detailed information.  Some chemicals require a pesticide license.

 

goCrop

Take farming further with goCrop™

goCrop uses integrated web and mobile applications to help farmers plan, analyze and report nutrient management practices with streamlined speed. Designed by farmers who understand the virtue of efficiency, goCrop keeps you focused on farming.

The app is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Learn more

 

Fieldprint Calculator

The Fieldprint Calculator is a free online tool for growers to voluntarily and securely analyze how their management choices impact natural resources and operational efficiency. Field To Market has developed the Calculator as an easy way to find out how your current land use, energy use, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil loss compare with state and national averages.

 

 

 

 

Farmland Information Center (FIC)

 

Farm and Dairy Agri-Book

Farm and Dairy Agri-Book contains a catalog of Agribusinesses as well as Regional, State, Local Listings of Agri-Bureaus, Agencies, Associations and Organizations (Government and Private Sectors). Click here.

 

Driftwatch - a tool to help protect pesticide-sensitive crops and habitats

Driftwatch™ is a tool to help protect pesticide-sensitive crops and habitats in Nebraska. Managers of ecologically sensitive areas and owners of commercial fields and apiaries may register. The Driftwatch™ registry is intended for commercial sites that are at least a half-acre in Indiana Minnesota Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Montana Nebraska Colorado Missouri It is not intended for homeowners.

Driftwatch™ was designed by staff from the Purdue University Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Agricultural Communications departments with input and support from Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists.

The Driftwatch site is meant to help pesticide applicators, specialty crop growers, and stewards of at-risk habitats in Nebraska communicate more effectively to protect pesticide-sensitive areas. The DriftWatch map is designed to display sensitive commercial agricultural areas. Driftwatch is not intended to be a registry for homeowners or sites less than half an acre.

This site features an easy-to-use Google Maps™ interface that clearly shows applicators the locations of registered areas so they can take the appropriate precautions before they spray. It's important to remember that the lines on the maps are not property lines; they merely indicate approximate positions of sensitive lands submitted to us. Sensitive crop areas registered on this site include beehives, certified organic crops, fruits, grapes, nursery crops, pumpkins, melons, tomatoes, and vegetables.

 

Annie's Project

Annie's Project offers a variety of extension classes across the country that educate farm women on risk management. The classes empower farm women to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information. Click here to see courses offered in your state.

 

Fifth annual cover crop survey results
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The 2016-2017 cover crop survey report from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension (SARE) program, Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) and American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is now available.& ...

 

Cover Crop Economics Tool

The Cover Crop Economics Tool is a user-friendly economic assessment tool to assess the costs and benefits of incorporating cover crops into a crop rotation. The tool assesses both the short term and long term expected costs and benefits. For questions, please contact Bryon Kirwan, bryon.kirwan@il.usda.gov.

Download: Cover Crop Economics Tool

 

Pioneer® Field360™

DuPont Pioneer is bringing the next generation of powerful Web-based field management tools to growers with the introduction of Pioneer® Field360™ Select software. This new subscription service combines field-by-field data with real-time agronomic and weather information to help growers make informed management decisions.  Check out Field360 Select.

"Pioneer®Field360 Select software guides growers to better use the field data they have collected, currently and in prior years, to increase farm productivity and profitability," says Justin Heath, DuPont Pioneer new services manager.

UPDATE:

The Pioneer® Field360™ website is no longer available. EncircaSM Services is the current DuPont Pioneer program that combines the latest technology for weather, soils, agronomy and analytics to help agricultural producers maximize crop yields and reduce risk. Contact your DuPont Pioneer Sales Professional for more information.

 

AgBizEnvironment™

AgBizEnvironment gives you the ability to account for environmental impacts when analyzing business decisions.

AgBizEnvironment utilizes various components to measure and track environmental aspects of crop and livestock production. Aspects include pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer, and energy use, as well as tillage and land management practices. Combined with other AgBiz Logic tools, users can compare environmental, economic and financial tradeoffs.

An example of a component utilized by AgBizEnvironment is the Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) developed by Cornell University. The EIQ measures the effect of various pesticides and herbicides on consumers, workers, and ecosystems.

Learn more about EIQ and other AgBizEnvironment components when you sign up for AgBiz Logic.

 

AgLease™

AgLease™ is a computer program designed to assist growers and landowners establish equitable crop share and cash rent lease agreements. With AgLease™ you can easily comprehend and evaluate the potential risks associated with annual and long-term leases, reevaluate current leases, or changing cropping systems. AgLease™ estimatesmachinery, labor, and production input costs as well as fruit size, grade, and total yield for calculating returns for crops with multiple establishment and production years. The program allows you to inflate specific return and input cost items over time to analyze the net present value, internal rate of return, and financial feasibility for a crop share and cash rent lease.

AgLease™ is free to use and requires users to register with the AgTools website and obtain a license.

UPDATE:

The AgTools™ web site is currently unavailable. If you are requesting a AgProfit™, AgLease™, or AgFinance™ program, a license file, or need other assistance please contact Clark Seavert, clark.seavert@oregonstate.edu.

The new online program AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC will replace the AgTools™ suite of software programs. This exciting new program will be released about September 1, 2015. You can track the progress of the AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC program by following us on Facebook or Twitter.

View the AgLease™ Presentation

 

AgFinance™

AgFinance™ is a computer program designed to assist agricultural producers make long-run decisions on a whole farm and ranch basis. You can load scenario files from AgProfit™ and AgLease™ into AgFinance™ to analyze your farm’s financial ratios and performance measures, which include working liquidity, solvency, profitability, debt repayment capacity, and efficiency. You can change the number of units in each scenario and observe the financial effects of implementing technologies, adding value to your products, conservation practices, changing cropping systems or livestock enterprises, or leasing additional land.  Visit AgFinance™

UPDATE:

The AgTools™ web site is currently unavailable. If you are requesting a AgProfit™, AgLease™, or AgFinance™ program, a license file, or need other assistance please contact Clark Seavert, clark.seavert@oregonstate.edu.

The new online program AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC will replace the AgTools™ suite of software programs. This exciting new program will be released about September 1, 2015. You can track the progress of the AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC program by following us on Facebook or Twitter.

 

AgProfit™

AgProfit™ is a computer program designed to assist agricultural producers make long-run decisions when implementing technologies to a specific crop or analyzing cropping systems. AgProfit™ estimates machinery, labor, and production input costs as well as fruit size, grade, and total yield for calculating returns for crops with multiple establishment and production years. The program allows you to inflate specific return and input cost items over time to analyze the net present value, internal rate of return, and financial feasibility when implementing a particular technology, making minor changes to returns or input costs, or comparing cropping systems.

AgProfit™ is free to use and requires users to register with the AgTools website and obtain a license.

View the AgProfit™ presentation

UPDATE:

The AgTools™ web site is currently unavailable. If you are requesting a AgProfit™, AgLease™, or AgFinance™ program, a license file, or need other assistance please contact Clark Seavert, clark.seavert@oregonstate.edu.

The new online program AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC will replace the AgTools™ suite of software programs. This exciting new program will be released about September 1, 2015. You can track the progress of the AgBiz Logic™ - BASIC program by following us on Facebook or Twitter.

 

Ranching as a Conservation Strategy - Can Old Ranchers Save the New West?
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Working ranches are often promoted as means of private rangeland conservation because they can safeguard ecosystem services, protect open space, and maintain traditional ranching culture.

 

AgroClimate

AgroClimate is an innovative web-resource for decision-support and learning, providing interactive tools and climate information to improve crop management decisions and reduce production risks associated with climate variability, climate change, and extreme weather events. Users can monitor variables of interest such as growing degree days, chill hours, freeze risk, disease risks for selected crops, and current and projected drought conditions. Users can also learn about the impacts of climate cycles affecting the Southeastern United States, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

AgroClimate uses crop simulation models along with historic, current, and forecasted climate data to allow decision makers to compare changes in probable outcomes under different climate conditions.

Water and carbon footprint calculators on AgroClimate can provide system-specific estimates of how efficiently water and energy are being used. AgroClimate also includes educational resources, including videos and fact sheets, about management practices and technologies that can help improve efficiency of production and decrease the vulnerability of agricultural systems to climate variability and change.

AgroClimate is regularly used during training events for County Extension faculty and during workshops with agricultural producers. Its modular platform allows for an easy replication in other geographies and for content expansion.

 

What are Food Hubs
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A Food Hub is a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of course-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.

 

National Organic Farming Handbook
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The handbook describes organic systems and identifies key resources to guide conservation planning and implementation on organic farms. Producers and other audiences may also find the handbook useful, particularly the resources listed in various sections.

 

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation was prepared as an introduction for fish and wildlife conservation providers – the on-the-ground biologists and conservation partners who help deliver Farm Bill conservation programs to landowners.

 

Farmer's Tax Guide
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This publication explains how the federal tax laws apply to farming. Use this publication as a guide to figure your taxes and complete your farm tax return.& ...

 

Let’s Get Serious About Conservation
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This Farm and Dairy article explains how conservation is a journey for our country.

 

Conservation Buffers on your Land

Considering conservation buffers on your land?  The USDA has 250,000 or more buffer contracts with about 160,000 farms and ranches. They may be a good choice for your land and for the environment.

 

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities - A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development
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This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture.

 

AgPlan™

AgPlan™ helps rural business owners develop a business plan. To use AgPlan you first need to register and setup a password to access your business plan.  Once you have registered, you can login to AgPlan using your email address and your password.
Everyone can use AgPlan—for FREE.

  • Develop your own business plan
  • Learn what you need to include in your plan with Tips & Resources
  • View Sample business plans for ideas
  • Share your plan—print, download and work with your own Reviewers

AgPlan™ is brought to you by the Center for Farm Financial Management. Regents of the University of Minnesota

 

Forest Loss on the Rebound - Sustaining Investments for America's Natural Resource Future
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Plant Image Gallery

The Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery is designed to assist botanists, ecologists, natural resource managers, educators and hobbyist with the identification of plants commonly found in the southern Great Plains. The Plant Image Gallery includes numerous images of each plant species for your ease in their identification.

 

Cool Farm Tool

The Cool Farm Tool (CFT) is an online greenhouse gas calculator that is free for growers to help them measure the carbon footprint of crop and livestock products. The CFT is an online, farm-level greenhouse gas emissions calculator based on empirical research from a broad range of published data sets. It is designed to be intuitive and easy to complete based on information that a farmer will have readily available. Click here to go to the Cool Farm Tool

 

Show Farm Resources Organizations & Professionals (346)
There are 346 resources serving Western Slope Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Farm Resources Organizations & Professionals serving Western Slope Region
Agronomists and Crop Advisers
American Grazing Lands Services LLC
Jim & Dawn Gerrish - May, ID
Andrea Taillacq
- Wellington, CO
Arthur Etter
- Paonia, CO
Benali B. Burgoa
- Soil Scientist - Grand Junction, CO
Brink Incorporated
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
Chad TeVelde, P.E.
AGPROfessionals - Sr. Professional Engineer - Greeley, CO
Cheryl Lynne Hines
- Delta, CO
Crop Quest, Inc.
- Dodge City, KS
Curt Steven Trudeau
Basin Co-Op Inc. - AREA MANAGER - Cortez, CO
Daniel Spare
Spare Engineering - Hesston, KS
Erin Kress
THEngineering - Calhan, CO
Francine Farrell Lheritier
USDA-NRCS - Grand Junction, CO
Jeremy Gilliam
- Grand Junction, CO
Kelly Triece
- Denver, CO
Luke D. Gingerich
- Palisade, CO
Mark E. Meyer
- Mack, CO
Poole Chemical Co.
- Texline, TX
Randy Lee Hines
- Delta, CO
Robert Gallegos
- Austin, CO
Scot Knutson
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Theresa Ramona McGovern
USDA-NRCS - Area Resource Conservationist - Grand Junction, CO
Thomas Leroy Campbell
- fertilizer manager - Durango, CO
Tim Naylor
Agprofessionals - Director of Operation - Greeley, CO
Travis Hertneky
- Calhan, CO
Tyler Desiderio
- Hotchkiss, CO
Wild Dream Hemp Company
- Tignall, GA
Conservation Districts
Bookcliff Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Colorado Association of Conservation Districts
- Lamar, CO
Debeque-Plateau Valley Conservation District
- Collbran, CO
Delta Conservation District
Suzie Bilberry - District Manager - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Conservation District
- Dove Creek, CO
High Desert Conservation District
- Cortez, CO
La Plata Conservation District
- Durango, CO
Mancos Conservation District
- Mancos, CO
Mesa Conservation District
- Grand Junction, CO
Mount Sopris Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Pine River Conservation District
- Ignacio, CO
San Juan Conservation District
- Pagosa Springs, CO
San Miguel Basin Conservation District
- Norwood, CO
Shavano Conservation District
- Montrose, CO
South Side Conservation District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
CSU Extension
Archuleta County Extension
- Pagosa Springs, CO
Colorado State Forest Service Nursery
- Fort Collins, CO
Dolores County Extension
- Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Extension
- Rifle, CO
La Plata County Extension
- Durango, CO
Montezuma County Extension
- Cortez, CO
Montrose County Extension
- Montrose, CO
San Miguel Basin Extension
- Norwood, CO
Tri River Area Extension
- Grand Junction, CO
Farm Equipment Sales and Service
Agri Drain
- Adair, IA
American Grazing Lands Services LLC
Jim & Dawn Gerrish - May, ID
Central Irrigation, Llc
- Fruita, CO
Central Pump Company, Inc.
- Center, CO
Conservis
- Minneapolis, MN
Forest Safety Products
- Van Hornesville, NY
Livestock Water Recycling
- Calgary, AB
On Target Spray Systems
Progressive Grower Technologies, Inc. - Mt. Angel, OR
Pilot Creek Irrigation, Llc
- Austin, CO
Quality Irrigation - Yuma
- Yuma, CO
Solutions in the Land, LLC
- Kenosha, WI
UAV-IQ
- Los Angeles, CA
Weather Shack
John Fillmore - Roanoke, VA
Farm Ranch And Forest Retailers
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Brian Stockman - Executive Vice President and CEO - Glendale, CO
Beartooth Capital Partners
Robert Keith - Managing Principal and Co-Founder - Bozeman, MT
Clark & Associates Land Brokers, LLC
Cory Clark - Lusk, WY
Clift Land Brokers
- Amarillo, TX
Colorado Land Link
Guidestone Colorado - Salida, CO
Dan Murphy
M4 Ranch Group - Lake City, CO
Fay Ranches
- Bozeman, MT
Fay Ranches
Greg Fay - Bozeman, MT
Forest Safety Products
- Van Hornesville, NY
Gary Jellum
Broker - Whitney Land Company - Pendleton, OR
Go Native Tree Farm
John Rosenfeld - Owner - Lancaster, PA
Hall and Hall
- Billings, MT
Hayden Outdoors
- Windsor, CO
Ken Mirr
Mirr Ranch Group - Owner/Broker - Denver, CO
L. Sam Middleton, ARA
Chas S. Middleton and Son - Appraiser, Manager - Lubbock, TX
Live Water Properties
- Jackson, WY
Mark Lewis
Mississippi Land Company - Mayhew, MS
Mason & Morse Ranch Company, LLC
- Colorado Springs, CO
Mirr Ranch Group
Mallory Boyce - Marketing Director - Denver, CO
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
San Pedro Land & Cattle CO
Chase Currie - CARRIZO SPRINGS, TX
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Managed Forest Law
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Madison, WI
Native Prairie and Wildlife Habitat - Property Tax Benefits
- Des Moines, IA
Native Prairie Tax Exemption Program
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - St Paul, MN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Federal Incentives
Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf - Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Bureau of Reclamation - Austin, TX
Colorado Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Denver, CO
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program
U.S. Department of Defense - Washington, DC
Upper Colorado Basin - Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Bureau of Reclamation - Salt Lake City, UT
FSA Local Offices
Delta County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Delta Service Center - Delta, CO
Dolores County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Dove Creek Service Center - Dove Creek, CO
Garfield County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Glenwood Springs Service Center - Glenwood Spgs, CO
La Plata County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Durango Service Center - Durango, CO
Mesa County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Montezuma County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Cortez Service Center - Cortez, CO
Montrose County Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency - Montrose Service Center - Montrose, CO
USDA Colorado Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- Denver, CO
Irrigation Suppliers and Contractors
Agri Drain
- Adair, IA
Central Irrigation, Llc
- Fruita, CO
Central Pump Company, Inc.
- Center, CO
Daniel Spare
Spare Engineering - Hesston, KS
DripWorks
- Willits, CA
Maximized Water Management LLC
William (Bill) Fuchs - Owner - Chester, ID
Netafim Drip-Micro Irrigation Products
Netafim USA - Fresno, CA
Pilot Creek Irrigation, Llc
- Austin, CO
Quality Irrigation - Yuma
- Yuma, CO
Rain For Rent
- Rifle, CO
Rain For Rent
- Cortez, CO
Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Chris Roth - President - Deshler, NE
Mapping/Cartographic and GIS services
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Crawford, CO
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist / Environmental Scientist - Gunnison, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Certified Forester (Forestry Consultants) - Portland, OR
Mason, Bruce & Girard
- Portland, OR
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Northwest Management, Inc.
Vincent P. Corrao - President - Moscow, ID
Unique Places Southwest
Michael Scisco - Regional Director & Director of GIS and Cartography - Albuquerque, NM
West Elks Ecological Consulting
Dawn Barton - Owner, Founder of West Elks, and Principal Biologist - Carbondale, CO
Mediators
Colorado Agricultural Mediation Program
Mark Gallegos - Program Administrator - Broomfield, CO
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Dr. Lorenzo Sanchez-Diamond
Sanchez-Diamond Consulting - Senior Partner - Long Beach, CA
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Wade Ash Woods Hill & Farley, P.C.
- Denver, CO
NRCS Local Offices
Cortez Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Cortez, CO
Delta Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Delta, CO
Dove Creek Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Dove Creek, CO
Durango Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Durango, CO
Glenwood Springs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Glenwood Spgs, CO
Grand Junction NRCS Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Grand Junction Service Center - Grand Junction, CO
Jim McGannon
Forestry/Landscape Consultant - Parker, CO
Montrose Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Montrose, CO
Pagosa Spgs Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pagosa Spgs, CO
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Barry Rhea
Rhea Environmental Consulting - Owner, primary consultant - Mancos, CO
Bishop-Brogden Associates, Inc.
Joy E. Barnett - Office Manager - Englewood, CO
Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program
Kelsea Holloway - Wetlands Program Coordinator - Fort Collins, CO
Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.
Janet Wolfe - Director of Marketing and Communications - Albuquerque, NM
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Crawford, CO
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Jared Walter, PE
Zancanella & Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc. - Water Resources Engineer - Glenwood Springs, CO
Jonathan E. Jones, P.E., D.WRE
CEO and President - Wright Water Engineers - Denver, CO
Kelly Colfer
Western Bionomics, Inc. - President - Steamboat Springs, CO
Kenneth R. Wright, P.E., D.WRE
Chief Financial Officer and Principal Engineer - Wright Water Engineers - Denver, CO
Marstel-Day, LLC
- Fredericksburg, VA
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Matt Tobler
Blue Mountain Environmental Consulting, LLC - Natural Resource Specialist/Director - Fort Collins, CO
River Partners
- Chico, CA
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
SME Environmental, Inc.
- Durango, CO
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Stacy W. Jackson
Jackson Real Estate Professionals - Owner - Winnsboro, TX
T. Andrew Earles, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CPESC
Vice President of Water Resources - Wright Water Engineers - Denver, CO
Tim Beck, PE
Zancanella & Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc. - Water Resources Engineer - Glenwood Springs, CO
Wayne F. Lorenz, P.E.
Chief Engineer - Wright Water Engineers - Denver, CO
Seed / Seedling Suppliers
American Grazing Lands Services LLC
Jim & Dawn Gerrish - May, ID
Applewood Seed Company
- Arvada, CO
Arkansas Valley Seed Inc
Paul Hahn - Denver, CO
Arrow Seed Company Inc
Jim Girardin - Broken Bow, NE
BBB Seed
- Boulder, CO
Buy Rare Seeds
- San Francisco, CA
Colorado Tree Farm Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Conservation Blueprint
Peter Berthelsen - President - St. Paul, NE
Elberta Forest Tree Nursery
Rayonier Inc. - Elberta, AL
Evergreen Landscape Nursery
Ron Rusk - Evensville, TN
Evergreen Nursery
Tammy - Kittredge, CO
Fast Growing Trees
- Fort Mill, SC
Fossil Creek Nursery
Brenda - Fort Collins, CO
Heritage Flower Farm
- Mukwonago, WI
Holland Wildflower Farm
Bob and Julie Holland - Elkins, AR
Itasca Ladyslipper Farm
Carol Steele - Grand Rapids, MN
James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center
- Knox City, TX
Johnny's Selected Seeds
- Winslow, ME
Joyful Butterfly
- Blackstock, SC
Live Monarch Foundation
- Blairsville, GA
Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
- Los Lunas, NM
Manhattan Plant Materials Center
- Manhattan, KS
McKay Nursery Company
- Waterloo, WI
Mesa Garden
Steven Brack - Belen, NM
Natural Communities Native Plants
- Batavia, IL
Pagosa Nursery Company
Nancy Hanes - Pagosa Springs, CO
Phelan Gardens
Mark Phelan - Colorado Springs, CO
Rocky Mountain Rare Plants
Bob Skowron - Franktown, CO
Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance
- Mancos, CO
Sharp Bros. Seed Co.
- Healy, KS
Southern Rockies Seed Network
- Fort Collins, CO
Southwest Seed Inc
Roberta Henes - Dolores, CO
Spring Hill Nurseries
- Harrison, OH
Sunscapes
Bill Adams - Pueblo, CO
Tagawa Garden Center & Florist
Nancy - Centennial, CO
The Right Seed
- Hooper, NE
Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Materials Center
Steve Parr - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Meeker, CO
Western Native Seed
- Coaldale, CO
Wildflower Farm
- Coldwater, ON
Soil / Water Testing Labs
Brink, Inc.
Phil Brink, CEP - Erie, CO
DBSA Soil Testing & Research Laboratory
Joleen Hines - Laboratory Manager - Albuquerque, NM
EarthOptics
- Raleigh, NC
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
KETOS
- Milpitas, CA
Perry Agricultural Laboratory
- Bowling Green, MO
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
TPS Lab - Your Crop's Dieticians
- Edinburg, TX
State Funding / Technical Resources
Colorado Building Farmers
Project Director - Dawn Thilmany - Longmont, CO
Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Broomfield, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources
- Denver, CO
Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 4
Gina DeArcos - Program Assistant - Montrose, CO
Colorado Environmental Pesticide Education Program
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Legacy Program
Joseph A. Duda - Dupty State Forester - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Forest Products Program
Kristina Hughes - Program Administrator - Broomfield, CO
Colorado Natural Heritage Program
David Anderson - Director and Chief Scientist - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- Denver, CO
Colorado Small Range Maintenance Grants
Melissa Neal? - Hunter Education Program Assistant, Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Tree Farm Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Walk-in Access Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program
Kelsea Holloway - Wetlands Program Coordinator - Fort Collins, CO
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program
Amanda Nims - Denver, CO
Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program
- Fort Collins, CO
Division of Water Resources Division 5
Lindsey Latham - Program Assistant - Glenwood Springs, CO
Durango Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Durango, CO
Forest Ag Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Forest Stewardship Program
Colorado State Forest Service - Fort Collins, CO
Game Damage Program
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Denver, CO
Grand Junction Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Grand Junction, CO
Habitat Partnership Program
- Grand Junction, CO
Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Boise, ID
Montrose Field Office
Colorado State Forest Service - Montrose, CO
Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- Denver, CO
Ranching for Wildlife
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Recovery & Conservation Plans
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Southern Rockies Fire Science Network (SRFSN)
- Fort Collins, CO
Tammy VerCauteren
Executive Director, Administration - Prairie Partners Program - Fort Collins, CO
The Grassland Species Plan
Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Denver, CO
Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program
- Fort Collins, CO
USDA - FSA Programs
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Colorado Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loan Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Denver, CO
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Conservation Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Ownership Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Loan Program
Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA - Washington, DC
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP)
USDA Agricultural Research Service - Missoula, MT
Source Water Protection Program
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
USDA - NRCS Programs
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Colorado Conservation Stewardship Program
Eugene Backhaus - State Resource Conservationist - Denver, CO
Colorado Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Debra M Molinaro - FA Program Manager - Denver, CO
Colorado Grassland Reserve Program
- Denver, CO
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
- Washington, DC
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
- Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
EQIP Organic Initiative
- Washington, DC
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
Healthy Forest Reserve Program
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Washington, DC
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
USDA NRCS - Washington, DC
James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center
- Knox City, TX
Longleaf Pine Initiative
NRCS - Washington, DC
Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
- Los Lunas, NM
Manhattan Plant Materials Center
- Manhattan, KS
NRCS National Water Quality Initiative
- Washington, DC
Ogallala Aquifer Initiative
Barry Frantz - Coordinator - Washington, DC
Platte River Ag Services, Inc.
Ron Zurlinden, P.E. - Owner - Golden, CO
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
- Washington, DC
Small scale solutions for your farm
USDA - NRCS - Washington, DC
The Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative
USDA-NRCS - Marysville, KS
USDA-NRCS Colorado
Clint Evans - State Conservationist (STC) - Denver, CO
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP)
Lisa McCauley - Program Manager - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
USDA Programs - Other
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
Denis Ebodaghe - National Program Leader - Division of Agricultural Systems - Kansas City, MO
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Farmers Market Promotion Program
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Washington, DC
Food Linc
Jim Barham - USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
Rural Development Loan Programs
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
- Washington, DC
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA - Washington, DC
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
USDA Rural Development - Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants - Washington, DC
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development - Washington, DC
Western SARE
- Bozeman, MT
Water Districts and Associations
Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District
- Durango, CO
Basalt Water Conservancy District
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Bluestone Water Conservancy District
- Parachute, CO
Colorado River Water Conservation District
Audrey Turner - Glenwood Springs, CO
Colorado Rural Water Association
Tom Wall - Executive Director - Pueblo West, CO
Dolores Water Conservancy District
- Cortez, CO
Florida Water Conservancy District
- Durango, CO
Mancos Water Conservancy District
- Mancos, CO
North Fork Water Conservancy District
Tom Alvey - President - Hotchkiss, CO
San Juan Water Conservancy District
Rodney Proffitt - President - Pagosa Springs, CO
Southwestern Water Conservation District
Laura Spann - Programs Manager - Durango, CO
Tri-County Water Conservancy District
- Montrose, CO
Ute Water Conservancy District
- Grand Junction, CO
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Barry Rhea
Rhea Environmental Consulting - Owner, primary consultant - Mancos, CO
Basin Wildlife Consulting
Rick Danvir - Casper, WY
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Crawford, CO
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center (Sutton Center)
- Bartlesville, OK
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Gretchen Cross
Buell Environmental LLC - Natural Resource Specialist - Oak Creek, CO
Kelly Colfer
Western Bionomics, Inc. - President - Steamboat Springs, CO
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Marcella Fremgen
NRCS Field Office - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Montrose, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Patty Knupp
Area Biologist - USDA-NRCS Area Three Office - Pueblo, CO
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
- Erie, CO
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Senior Land Management Consultant - Loveland, CO
Roe Ecological Services, LLC
Chris and Kelly Roe - Logan, KS
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
SME Environmental, Inc.
- Durango, CO
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Southern Conservation Trust
Katie Pace Quattlebaum - Executive Director - Fayetteville, GA
Steve Boyle
BIO-Logic, Inc. - Principal & Senior Biologist - Montrose, CO
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Sean Kyle - Lesser Prairie Chicken Program Manager - Topeka, KS

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Guide for Organic Livestock Producers
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This guide is an overview of the process of becoming certified organic. It is designed to explain the USDA organic regulations as they apply to livestock producers.

 

Organic Farming - Results from the 2014 Organic Survey
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In 2014, the United States had 14,093 organic farms producing $5.5 billion in organic products.

 

Organic Certification Guide
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This publication provides an overview of organic certification and provides some additional resources for prospective organic farms and businesses.

 

National Organic Farming Handbook
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The handbook describes organic systems and identifies key resources to guide conservation planning and implementation on organic farms. Producers and other audiences may also find the handbook useful, particularly the resources listed in various sections.

 

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities - A Guide to Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, Food Systems, and Community Development
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This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture.

 

Guide for Organic Crop Producers
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This guide is intended to help lead farmers through the organic certification process. Chapters 1 through 4 explain the National Organic Program (NOP) and describe the process of organic certification.

 

How to Choose a Certification Agency and the Organic Certification Process
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There are many USDA accredited certification agencies that can certify your farm or enterprise as organic. So how do you find the right agency to work with you? Here are some questions you should ask the agencies and some things to ask neighboring farmers.

 

What is Organic Certification?
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Organic certification verifies that your farm or handling facility located anywhere in the world complies with the USDA organic regulations and allows you to sell, label, and represent your products as organic.

 

Managing Manure with Biogas Recovery Systems BMPs
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Improved performance at competitive costs is promised by this 2002 EPA publication all about anaerobic digestion and biogas recovery for energy.

 

Does America Need More Organic Farmers?
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Organic farming has been one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture for over a decade.  After the USDA implemented national organic standards in 2002, certified organic farmland doubled by 2005.

 

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map itMap of Organic Agriculture Organizations & Professionals serving Western Slope Region
Organic Certification Programs
Agricultural Services Certified Organic
- Salinas, CA
Baystate Organic Certifiers
- North Dighton, MA
Colorado Organic Program
- Broomfield, CO
Ecocert USA - Plainfield
- Plainfield, IN
EQIP Organic Initiative
- Washington, DC
Global Organic Alliance, Inc
- Bellefontaine, OH
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
- Des Moines, IA
Midwest Organic Services Association, Inc.
- Viroqua, WI
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
- St. Paul, MN
National Organic Program (NOP)
- Washington, DC
Natural Food Certifiers
- Nanuet, NY
Nature's International Certification Services
- Viroqua, WI
NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC
- Binghamton, NY
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
- Oklahoma City, OK
OneCert, Inc.
- Lincoln, NE
Oregon Tilth Certified Organic
- Corvallis, OR
Organic Certification Cost Share Program
- Washington, DC
Organic Certifiers, Inc.
- Ventura, CA
Organic Crop Improvement Association
- Lincoln, NE
Pennsylvania Certified Organic
- Spring Mills, PA
Primus Auditing Operations
- Santa Maria, CA
Primus Auditing Operations (formerly Primus Labs)
- Santa Maria, CA
Pro-Cert Organic Systems Ltd.
- Saskatoon, SK
Quality Assurance International
- San Diego, CA
Quality Certification Services
- Gainesville, FL
Scientific Certification Systems, Inc.
- Emeryville, CA
Where Food Comes From Organic
- Castle Rock, CO
Organic Products and Services
Abundant Life Organic Farm
- Hotchkiss, CO
Abundant Life Organic Farms
- Hotchkiss, CO
Alderspring Ranch
Glenn Elzinga - May, ID
Alida’s Fruits
- Palisade, CO
Aloha Organic Fruit
- Palisade, CO
Ambrosia Farm LLC
- Bennett, CO
Anders Farm
- Fort Lupton, CO
Anita’s Pantry & Produce
- Palisade, CO
Azura Cellars
- Paonia, CO
B Bar S Ranch
- Nederland, CO
Balistreri Vineyards
- Denver, CO
Barefoot Homestead
- Conifer, CO
Beartooth Capital Partners
Robert Keith - Managing Principal and Co-Founder - Bozeman, MT
Bee Family Centennial Farm Museum
- Fort Collins, CO
Berg Harvest, LLC
- Paonia, CO
Big B's Juices / Delicious Orchards
Jeff Schwartz - Hotchkiss, CO
Big B’s Delicious Orchards
- Hotchkiss, CO
Black Bear Orchards, LLC
Brian J. Cox - Palisade, CO
Bolton’s Orchards
- Grand Junction, CO
BookCliff Vineyards
- Boulder, CO
Borden Farms
- Delta, CO
Boxwood Gulch Ranch
- Shawnee, CO
Brickyard Produce, LLC
- Salida, CO
Buckhorn Mountain Gardens
- Montrose, CO
C & R Farms
- Palisade, CO
Carlson Vineyards, Inc.
- Palisade, CO
Chapmans Produce
- Windsor, CO
Christensen Ranch, LLC
- Weldona, CO
Clark Family Orchards Inc.
- Palisade, CO
Colorado Cellars Winery - Rocky Mountain Vineyards
- Palisade, CO
Colorado Cider Company
- Denver, CO
Colorado Organic Program
- Broomfield, CO
Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool (CROPP)
- La Farge, WI
Covered Bridge Ranch
- Montrose, CO
CROPP Cooperative
- Westby, WI
Dan Warren Farms
Dan Warren - Dove Creek, CO
Dayspring Farm, LLC
- Olathe, CO
Desert Weyr
- Paonia, CO
DeVries Produce Stand
- Olathe, CO
Eagle Springs Organic Produce and Eagle Springs Meats
- Silt, CO
Ela Family Farms
- Hotchkiss, CO
Ela Family Farms / Silver Spruce Orchards
- Hotchkiss, CO
Excelsior Orchard
Paul J. Maudlin - Paonia, CO
First Fruits Organic Farms Inc.
Mr. Kris and Kevin Kropp - Paonia, CO
FirstFruits Organic Farms
- Paonia, CO
Flying B Bar Ranch Grassfed Beef
- Strasburg, CO
Fortunate Fruit LLC / New Leaf Fruit
Ewell Culbertson - Delta, CO
Four Seasons Greenhouse and Nursery, Inc.
Victor Vanik - Dolores, CO
GrassRoots Meats
- Ignacio, CO
Green Place Ranch
- Olathe, CO
Greg Black
- Cortez, CO
Gunnison River Farms
- Delta, CO
Happy Belly CSA
- Hotchkiss, CO
Harry’s Peaches
- Palisade, CO
Hartman Gardens
- Montrose, CO
High Country Elevators, Inc./Yippee Ki Yea, Trading
Mr. Gary Tanner - Dove Creek, CO
High Country Highlands at Maryland Creek Ranch
Leo Causland - Silverthorne, CO
Immunity Farms
- Hotchkiss, CO
Indian Ridge Farm & Bakery
- Norwood, CO
James W. & Rhonda Waschke Farms
James W & Rhonda Waschke - Dove Creek, CO
Kokopelli Farms, Inc. / Kokopelli Produce
Brant Harrison - Palisade, CO
Lamborn Mountain Farmstead
- Paonia, CO
Lavender Association of Western Colorado
- Palisade, CO
Leroux Creek Food Corp.
Edward Tuft - Hotchkiss, CO
Lukens Farms
- Carr, CO
Mad Agriculture
- Boulder, CO
Marbleseed
- Spring Valley, WI
McLean Farms, LLC
- Palisade, CO
Mesa Crest Farm
Thomas and Susan Alvey - Hotchkiss, CO
Mt. Garfield Fruit and Vegetables
- Clifton, CO
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
- Butte, MT
Orchard Creek Ranch
- Glenwood Springs, CO
Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Santa Cruz, CA
Osage Gardens
- New Castle, CO
Osito Orchard LLC
- Hotchkiss, CO
Palisade Peach Company
Ellen & Bob Wilson - Palisade, CO
Peachfork
- Palisade, CO
Perennial Fund
- Boulder, CO
Perfect Blend Organics
Justin Leavens - Sales Manager - Buhl, ID
Plum Creek Winery
- Palisade, CO
Pothook Farms
- Palisade, CO
Potter Farms
- Carbondale, CO
Princess Beef
- Hotchkiss, CO
Rancho Durazno LLC
Thomas Cameron - Palisade, CO
Re-Nuble
- New York, NY
Red Fox Run Orchards
- Palisade, CO
Red Mountain Ranches
- Cedaredge, CO
Regenterra Solutions
- Quincy, MA
Rendezvous Farm, LLC
Mike Waters - Crawford, CO
Rogers Mesa Fruit Co., Inc.
Thomas Alvey - Hotchkiss, CO
Rolling River Nursery
Planting Justice - Oakland, CA
Sage Creations Organic Farm
- Palisade, CO
Silver Spruce Partner, LLC / Ela Family Farms
Steven Ela - Hotchkiss, CO
Straw Hat Farm
Chet Byler - Montrose, CO
Sunnyside Farms
Jerry Zink - Durango, CO
The Living Farm
- Paonia, CO
Vista Orchard
- Palisade, CO
Wag’s World Orchards
- Eckert, CO
Where Food Comes From Organic
- Castle Rock, CO
Z’s Orchard
- Palisade, CO
Zimmerman Pork Farm
- Hotchkiss, CO