PA Farmers Back Boost in Long-Term Funding for Conservation Programs

A recent poll from the National Wildlife Federation showed Pennsylvania farmers and ranchers benefit from voluntary conservation programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Among respondents, 75% would like to see the programs expand.

Aviva Glaser, senior director of agriculture policy for the federation, said Pennsylvania farmers and ranchers are using the funding to adopt good conservation practices on their farms.

"Practices like cover crops or grazing management, or it could be a conservation easement," Glaser outlined. "It could be putting in a buffer strip. There's a lot of different practices that fall into that Voluntary Agriculture Conservation funding."