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Show ACP treats 5,000 acres during 1979 During 1979, 5,610 acres of Uintah County farmland were treated and served by one or more of the conservation conserva-tion practices available under the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP), said LaRue Pickup, chairperson chairper-son of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASCS) committee. To help farmers and ranchers solve soil and water conservation problems, ASCS provided cost-share funds totaling total-ing $67,919. "This assistance was used by 55 producers pro-ducers to carry out needed conservation conserva-tion measures," Pickup said. Such measures include seeding, fencing, fenc-ing, competitive shrub control ; springs, seeps, dams and pond developments; water impoundment reservoirs and reorganization of irrigation systems. Reorganization of irrigation systems are the most widely used conservation practices in Uintah County. Pickup said soil erosion is a number one problem facing farmers. "With today's more intensive cropping, cropp-ing, it is vital that producers perform good soil and water conservation practices prac-tices such as those offered under the ACP." He said the objectives of the program are to provide solutions to the problems of farmland being a source of agricultural pollution, or land affected by wind and water erosion. About 121 farms were enrolled in the 1979 program and one entered into a long-term agreement to conduct practices prac-tices over the next three years. "We have an obligation to protect soil and water resources for the benefit of farmers and the public, and the ACP endeavors to meet its obligation," the ASCS official said. Applications for the 1980 ACP or additional addi-tional information on the program are available at the local ASCS office. |
