Cassiday and the USDA NRCS want to assist you with your soil

Andrew Cassiday of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) stopped by Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to discuss the importance of soil health. 

As an organization, the NRCS is strongly rooted in soil health. The agency was originally known as the Soil Conservation Service formed in 1935 during the Dust Bowl, a period in U.S. history of eroded topsoil and fierce dust storms, leading to the Great Depression. Since that time, conserving and studying soil is a primary duty of the NRCS. 

Multiple studies and progress has been made over the last few decades in soil health and techniques that can be used to bring soil back to life and ensure that life is conserved for the future. 

Cassiday and the NRCS offer technical and financial assistance to help producers plan and implement conservation practices that prevent soil erosion and degradation and improve soil health. 

The service and assistance of the NRCS is already paid for by the U.S. taxpayer, according to Cassiday. And one does not have to be a producer to take advantage of the services and assistance offered by the NRCS to help bring soil back to life, homeowners can contact them for help as well. 

Learn more about the NRCS, how to contact them and the services they provide by clicking here.