Plant Materials Centers In the News

2022

• Pollinator Week: Creating and enhancing habitat for pollinators - The Waxahachie Sun, June 22, 2022
• Center Providing Plant Management Solutions for the Southeast Region - Southeast AgNet, February 25, 2022
• Center Providing Plant Management Solutions for the Southeast Region - AgNet West, February 25, 2022
• Program Working to Delivery State-of-the-Art Plant Science Technology - AgNet West, February 23, 2022

2021

• NRCS cover crop calculator is a tool for conservation planners, producers - High Plains Journal, December 9, 2021
• Pollinator Habitat on the No-Till Farm - No-Till Farmer, August 5, 2021
• Optimizing cover crop plantings in the central region - High Plains Journal, August 3, 2021
• Happy Pollinator Week! BEE Friendly to Pollinators with Conservation Plants - Southeast AgNet, June 21, 2021
• 'Bee' friendly to pollinators with conservation plants - High Plains Journal, June 22, 2021
• Ask the Expert: Selecting Pollinator Mixes; A Q&A with Amy Bartow - Farmers.gov, June 22, 2021
• Evaluating Plant Materials to Slow the Spread of Wildfires in the West - High Plains Journal, May 29, 2021
• Trials Identify Superior Fava Beans for Cover Cropping in the West - No-Till Farmer, April 30, 2021
• Cover Crop Performance and Adaptation Trials at NRCS Plant Materials Centers - No-Till Farmer, February 28, 2021
• Native Legume for Improving Pastures in Southern U.S. - Southeast AgNet, February 23, 2021
• USDA-NRCS plant materials centers in Texas recognized for exceptional work - North Texas e-News, February 18, 2021

2020

• IN THE GARDEN: January duties in the dirt - The Picayune, December 30, 2020
• When is a Weed Not a Weed? - Southeast AgNet, December 7, 2020
• Proven plants for conserving our natural resources - High Plains Journal, October 30, 2020
• Evaluation of Cool-Season Cover Crop Varieties - No-Till Farmer, September 9, 2020
• Maximizing Benefits of Cover Crops for Soil Health - Southeast AgNet, July 30, 2020

2019

• 'Windows of Opportunity' for Summer Cover Crops, AgNet West, September 25, 2019
• Tribal Youth Plant Seeds of Heritage, Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon - 07/2019
• Got milkweed? Lockeford center aims to help monarch butterflies - News-sentinel, 07/03/19
• Plantings aim to help monarch butterflies, AgAlert, June 26, 2019
• Conservation groups urge farmers to plant milkweed for monarchs, Daily Democrat, June 26, 2019
• Organic Farmers - Experienced or Brand New, All are Welcome at NRCS - The Organic Farmer, June/July 2019, pg. 4

2018

• Researchers study how to enrich soil, Field day offers unique educational opportunity - Ruby Larson, Appeal-Democrat, 12-06-18
• Lockeford Plant Materials Center, FARMS Leadership Program: San Joaquin 11/28/18
• Bridger Plant Materials Center Helps Create Drought-Resistant Plants - Ashleigh Fox, The Sheridan Press, 03/09/18
• Texas Native Seeds project expanding to meet demand ecosystem restoration - Adam Russell, AgriLife Today, 01/01/18

2017

• Coastal Bluff Erosion in the Atlantic Coastal Plain - Chris Gonzales, Communications Specialist, New York Sea Grant, 07/17/17

2016

• Some Grasses are OK for Tucson - Peter L. Warren, Special to the Arizona Daily Star, 11/28/16
• Climate-Smart Practices Keep the Land Covered, USDA Blog, 05/10/16
• Aberdeen Plant Materials Center to start cover crop research, John O'Connell, Capital Press, 04/13/16
• Tips For Growing Native Plants From Seed, Gail Oberst, Capital Press, 03/10/16

2015

• Soil Health at the Lockeford PMC - YouTube, 10/15/15
• Warm-Season Grasses Limit Odors at Livestock Barns, The Farmer's Exchange, 05/15/15
• Where have all the bees gone?, Jan Sluizer, VOA Voice of America, 04/19/15
• Plant Diversity a Boon for Declining Bees - Jan Sluizer, VOA Voice of America, 02/19/15

2014

• Program Looks to Give a Leg (or Six) Up, New York Times, 04/02/14