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Attention Connecticut Farmers and Woodland Owners: Apply by Oct. 3rd for USDA Conservation Programs

This sign-up covers our Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Program, and Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP).

NRCS helps Connecticut farmers, private woodland owners, and oyster growers apply conservation practices and activities on their land. We offer a variety of practices like cover crops, tree planting, pasture and hay planting, oyster reef restoration, wildlife habitat planting, long term land protection with conservation easements, and more.

Source : usda.gov

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One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 - Episode 9

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Midge-tolerant wheat gave Canadian growers something rare: a pest problem they no longer have to think about. But that entire defense depends on one resistance gene, SM1. Dr. Tyler Wist explains why that single point of failure worries him, and what's being done to protect it.

Dr. Tyler Wist is a research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.