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
Community & Conservation Director
Placer RCD Agrlculture News
- 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
- 2023 Ag Tour: From Roots to Fruits – Sowing Success in the Foothills
- What are Working Lands?
Placer RCD Agriculture Projects
- ਕੈਲੀਫੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀਆਂ ਜ਼ਮੀਨਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਰਿਹਾਇਸ਼ੀ ਬਹਾਲੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਲਵਾਯੂ ਲਚਕਤਾ Provides financial assistance
- Conservation Agriculture Planning Grant Program (CAPGP)
- Rx Fire Field Guide
- Central Sierra Healthy Soils Program Provides financial assistance
- Landowner Technical Assistance Provides financial assistance
- PCWA Water Storage Tank Rebate Program Provides financial assistance
- Hillview Farms Pollinator Hedgerow
- Climate Resilience Through Habitat Restoration on California Lands Provides financial assistance
- Placer Prescribed Burn Association (Placer PBA) Provides financial assistance
- CDFA Healthy Soils Program (2021) Provides financial assistance
- Placer County Ag Tour
- 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