Programs provide funding for soil saving measures

by Chrystal Houston, UBBNRD When Matt Grosshans started farming seven years ago in Hamilton County, he was interested in regenerative agriculture practices he’d learned about in college, including cover crops, reduced tillage and rotational cropping systems.

NRCS offers conservation assistance for producers

The Nebraska Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has a motto of helping people help the land and Brad Soncksen, assistant state conservationist for programs, shared how the group is working to fulfill their mission. “We’re primarily a planning agency, going back 85 years,” he began.