How Do You Do Conservation?
With California Ag Today, I am Haylie Shipp. This is the Ag Information Network.
How do you do conservation? The USDA wants to know, especially as it pertains to crop, confined livestock, grazing, and forestry practices.
This summer, the Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey (CPAMS), a joint project between USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), will be mailed to 43,000 forest and grazing landowners and managers across the nation. The CPAMS gathers information to understand why people choose to use different conservation practices, and whether they continue to use practices over time.
According to USDA NASS, the data will help improve voluntary conservation programs. NASS will mail an invitation to respond early online at agcounts.usda.gov starting this week.
“By responding to CPAMS, you can help shape the future of conservation, agriculture, and forestry,” said NASS Administrator Joseph L. Parsons. “With better data to help us understand how conservation fits into existing agriculture and forest management operations, program resources can be focused on where they will be most effective. I encourage everyone who receives a CPAMS questionnaire to respond.”
