The Placer RCD service area is endowed with tremendous and diverse agriculture resources involving small farms, ranches, orchards, vineyards, livestock, and equine. Placer RCD assists farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in accessing relevant and science-based information through technical assistance (link to “What is Technical Assistance) as well as implementing best management practices to improve long-term sustainability and production.
Agriculture technical assistance can help you with:
- Conservation plans
- Carbon Farm Plans
- Soil health and soil erosion
- Irrigation water management
- Pasture management
- Wildlife habitat
- Grants and cost-share assistance for conservation practices.
For agriculture technical assistance, please contact:
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Brian Pimentel
Agriculture Program Manager
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Andrew Justus-Fritz
Conservation Project Manager
Placer RCD Agrlculture News
- From Rill to Resilience: Integrating Soil Health, Stewardship, and Practice
- Buzzing with Purpose: Pollinator Habitat Field Day Connects Land, People, and Practice
- Placer RCD and Lincoln Salt Mine Partner to Improve Food Security with New Urban Orchard
- Placer RCD Awarded $22,388 to Support Historically Underserved Farmers, Ranchers, and Students in Placer County
Placer RCD Agriculture Projects
- ਕੈਲੀਫੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀਆਂ ਜ਼ਮੀਨਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਰਿਹਾਇਸ਼ੀ ਬਹਾਲੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਲਵਾਯੂ ਲਚਕਤਾ Provides financial assistance
- Rx Fire Field Guide
- Central Sierra Healthy Soils Program Provides financial assistance
- Hillview Farms Pollinator Hedgerow
- CDFA Healthy Soils Program (2021) Provides financial assistance
- Carbon Cycle Institute: Carbon Farming past project
Related Media
- Landowner Technical Assistance Agreement (LTAA) Flier
- 2022 Placer County Ag Tour Program
- 2021 Healthy Soils Program Presentation
- CDFA Workshop Flyer
- Hillview Farms Pollinator Hedgerow Planting Map
- Placer RCD Final Report for CCI