News Feature                                                            2/2/2009

Conservation Planning for your Future

Across Minnesota, agricultural owners and operators face the challenge of making a living from the land, while at the same time, protecting their natural resources. The key to meeting this challenge is a plan for managing all of the farm’s resources.

A conservation plan is like a jigsaw puzzle, a complete picture made up of many interlocking pieces. On a farm, each conservation practice works in combination with others to complete a picture.

When designing a resource management system for your farm, the first step is to take an inventory of all the pieces. Think about every field, pasture, pond, stream, wetland, and woodland. Then consider which conservation practices would fit together. For more information about the development of a conservation plan and programs to help implement the pieces in the plan, contact your local USDA NRCS office located at the USDA Service Center.

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