As part of the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, the Advancing U.S. Pork Sustainability Grant is an exciting new opportunity for commodity crop and livestock producers in Iowa to receive financial incentives and technical assistance for six climate-smart agriculture practices – cover crops, livestock integration, conservation tillage, field borders and for hog barns specifically: LED lighting and manure management. Producers enrolling in the grant will also be provided a Pork Cares Farm Impact report that documents the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration associated with a handful of on-farm practices, tracking progress toward climate-smart goals on any given farm. An informational meeting will be held on February 6th at Marr Park Conservation building at 9:30 am. Lunch will be provided. The meeting topics will include soil health and wildlife, and cover the Climate-Smart Commodities Grant in detail. Please contact Holly Shutt at 785-294-2004 to RSVP to the meeting by January 30th, or to learn more about technical assistance and grant opportunities.