20201117-NRCS-LSC-0446
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist Josh Martin, from the Aiken, South Carolina service center and Spring Steel Farm owner Ronnie Cook (burgundy sweater) stand at the edge of one of his cement pads and discuss the continued benefits of his application and qualification for financial and/or technical assistance from the USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) to implement Conservation Practice Standard 561 - Heavy Use Area Protection (HUAP) with cement pads to protect the soil that cattle stand on while feeding from troughs and drinking water from floating ball valve troughs, in Wagener, SC, on Nov 17, 2020. Using the technical specification of the trough pads, he added several more at his own cost. For more information about CP 561, please go to nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1263412.pdf. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
20201117-NRCS-LSC-0446
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist Josh Martin, from the Aiken, South Carolina service center and Spring Steel Farm owner Ronnie Cook (burgundy sweater) stand at the edge of one of his cement pads and discuss the continued benefits of his application and qualification for financial and/or technical assistance from the USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) to implement Conservation Practice Standard 561 - Heavy Use Area Protection (HUAP) with cement pads to protect the soil that cattle stand on while feeding from troughs and drinking water from floating ball valve troughs, in Wagener, SC, on Nov 17, 2020. Using the technical specification of the trough pads, he added several more at his own cost. For more information about CP 561, please go to nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1263412.pdf. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.