Master Farmer Phase 2 Training

Steve Carmichael
State Resource Conservationist
Phone:318-473-7774

Phase II:

Since its inception over seven years ago, 2300 agricultural producers have participated in the first environmental stewardship program offered through a cooperative conservation effort among Louisiana State University Ag Center, Farm Bureau Federation, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Louisiana Cattlemen's Association and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. This program was designed for producers, regardless of commodity, to learn about local and national environmental issues, such as Total Maximum Daily Loads and Nonpoint Source Pollution, and how they can address these issues on their own farms. This voluntary certification program consists of three phases:

• Phase I: 8 hours of environmental lecture
• Phase II: Touring a “model farm” where BMPs are installed
• Phase III: Develop and implement a comprehensive conservation plan on farming operation

Phase I trainings are held each spring and fall, through distance education. The training is taught from the Dean Lee Research Station in Alexandria and broadcast to several sites, including the Red River Research Station, Oak Grove, Scott Center in Winnsboro, and Crowley. Below is the summer and fall schedule for Master Farmer field days for 2009. Some of these are research station field days and NRCS tours or workshops and all of them fulfill the Phase II requirement for the program. Please contact Donna Morgan, LSU AgCenter, at 318-613-9278 with any questions.
 

For more information on Master Farmer Please visit the NRCS Web site at http://www.la.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/masterfarmerprogram/index.html or visit the LSU Ag Center Web site at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/. To learn more about the NRCS and the many programs and services that we offer, please visit us on the Web at www.la.nrcs.usda.gov.

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