Rice Conservation Program Renewed For $7 Million
By Emily Woodall, USA Rice
It’s been a rough 2020 so far, but area rice farmers finally got some good news with the recent announcement that the Mid-South Graduated Water Stewardship Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), led by USA Rice, has been renewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a $7 million award from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
“The 2018 Farm Bill allows USDA to renew worthy RCPP projects and the Rice Stewardship Partnership’s Mid-South project was an obvious candidate,” said Josh Hankins, the USA Rice field director who manages the Rice Stewardship Partnership.