ADMC Meets with NRCS Chief Bettencourt to Discuss Priorities to Improve Practice Delivery for Farmers

ADMC President Chuck Brandel, Chairman Charlie Schafer, and Executive Director Keegan Kult meet with NRCS Chief Bettencourt to discuss the memorandum of understanding.

The Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition (ADMC) met with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Aubrey Bettencourt on Friday, September 26th to discuss strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two organizations. ADMC, which works to advance sustainable drainage solutions in agriculture, emphasized the importance of forming an NRCS/ADMC working group to address conservation drainage needs, identify opportunities, and develop implementation solutions that remove adoption barriers and prioritize the interests of producers. Chief Bettencourt agreed to appoint staff to serve as the NRCS lead for this working group.

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