Erodible Land Farming System

Take a brief peek into a farming operation using an entire system of Best Management Practices (BMP) to fight against high erodibility! This system is specially designed to help this producer best optimize his inputs for the most efficient returns in his market.

Harvestable Buffer

Lenawee County Farmer Ed Scheffler talks about the harvestable hay buffer strip that has been in use on his farm since 2018.

Maple River Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funded the five-year, $600,000 “Improving Stream Habitat in the Maple River Watershed” project through the RCPP, which focuses on bringing together partners to address resources concerns in an area. Project partners included MSU Extension, Michigan Farm Bureau, USDA NRCS, multiple Conservation Districts, the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP), the Nature Conservancy, the Michigan Agri-Business Association, Michigan Potatoes, the Soil and Groundwater Conservation Society, Michigan Trout Unlimited, and Kellogg.