NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster Visits Alabama

l-r: NRCS State Conservationist Gary Kobylski, Senator Jeff Sessions, NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster, Congress-man Terry Everett, and ALFA President Jerry Newby.

Alabama NRCS State Conservationist Gary Kobylski was present when NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster addressed the news media at a meeting in February at the Alabama Farmers Federation headquarters. The meeting brought together lawmakers, scientists, and leaders of Alabama’s agricultural community to promote better use of the state’s water resources and ensure agriculture’s voice is heard as state government discusses water management policies. A farm reservoir cost-share program, to be administered by NRCS if it passes, was discussed.

"Our primary mission is helping people help the land," Lancaster said. "We are trying to find ways to mitigate drought. We must make sure, as we are looking forward, that we are implementing those conservation practices and those techniques so that the next drought won’t hit as hard, and so that we will continue to have a robust agricultural economy."

For more information about the Chief’s visit to Alabama, visit the ALFA website (will open in a new window): http://www.alfafarmers.org/headlines/headline.phtml?id=5227

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