A new partnership seeks to
assess agricultural practices and strategies to further improve water quality
in the United States. The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service, along with the Sand County Foundation, the Noble Research
Institute and Farm Foundation, launched the National Agricultural Water Quality
Practice Assessment this week. The groups say the assessment seeks to better
understand how effective agricultural management practices are at improving
water quality. According to a joint statement, the year-long project will
define current baseline knowledge about managing agricultural lands to improve
conservation outcomes. The report will also identify critical gaps in
knowledge, as well as strategies to advance agricultural conservation adoption
and effectiveness. A key goal of the assessment is to help agricultural
producers identify effective management practices that have the potential to
yield environmental results while supporting the economic viability of farms.
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