The board met on November 23 at a regular meeting to approve conservation plans submitted by their staff. After approval of three cost-share practices, a total of 4,600 feet of stream in Prince Edward County will be fenced to ensure that livestock do not enter the stream. These stream sections are considered impaired through the TMDL program.
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Keith Moyer, pictured here with his mother Mrs. Mary Ellen Moyer, received a Piedmont SWCD 2010 Outstanding Conservation Farmer Award in recognition of his contribution toward clean waters. Mr. Moyer operates Hill Top Farm, a family dairy farm started by his parents in 1948. In cooperation with the Piedmont SWCD, Farm Service Agency, NRCS and DEQ, Mr. Moyer has installed numerous best management practices on his farm over the last 25 years. In 2010, Mr. Moyer completed installation of two wells, three watering facilities and a total of 8,044 feet of stream exclusion fencing. His cattle are now excluded from Flat Creek, an impaired stream, and drink clean water from a reliable alternative watering system. Additional conservation practices in use on the farm include: conservation tillage, strip cropping, cover crops for nutrient managment and residue management, preside dress nitrogen testing, wildlife habitat improvement, grassed waterways, rotational grazing, and nutrient management plan.
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Piedmont SWCD director Chuck Arnason, left, attended the Nottoway Small Ruminant Farm Tour and Dinner October 13th. The weather was perfect for the well attended event, planned by Whitney Lott, center, and Charlie Wootton, right, TMDL Conservation Specialists with the District. Goat producers were especially pleased with the information presented.
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Marvin Fisher, shown here with four of his sons, was honored at the Prince Edward County Farm Bureau Banquet for installing a number of conservation friendly practices on the family beef cattle farm. Kevin Dunn, right, presented the award and said that, “Mr. Fisher has voluntarily invested time, energy and finances to carry out conservation practices that will protect water quality for citizens throughout the commonwealth.”
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John P. Shepherd was recognized for his outstanding contributions to conservation at the Nottoway County Farm Bureau Banquet on October 1. Piedmont SWCD Director Ricky Rash presented Shepherd the Young Conservation Farmer award and said that, “Mr. Shepherd demonstrates a strong conservation ethic and works to build the soil even as he works it.”
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Join fellow forest landowners, the VA Dept. of Forestry and VA Cooperative Extension for an interactive weekend learning about actively managing your woodlands on October 30-31 at Twin Lakes State Park, Green Bay Virginia. Visit www.cnre.vt.edu/forestupdate and click on Landowner Retreat for details.
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Goat and other small ruminant herd health will be one of the topics of discussion at a Farm Tour and & Dinner scheduled for October 13, 2010 in Nottoway County. Participants will get to tour a farm featuring many best management practices, listen to speakers and enjoy a catered meal. The tour and dinner are free of charge, but you must pre-register by calling 434.392-3782 ext 132 by October 7th. Rain or shine, space is limited.
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Family & Farm Day is scheduled for September 11 from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine, at the Virginia Tech Southern Piedmont Center, 2.5 miles from Blackstone on 40 East one half mile past Fort Pickett’s main gate, on the left . Try your luck at the corn maze, crawl through the Piedmont SWCD Soil Tunnel, learn about bees and honey, and much more.
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A Virginia Cooperative Extension Poisonous Plant Workshop is scheduled for September 20th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the County Agricultural and Natural Resources Building in Farmville and will focus on cows, horses, and small ruminants. Register by Sept 16 for the Prince Edward workshop by calling the Cumberland Extension Office at 804-492-4390.
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