How Does Benefit Mississippi?

Illustrate

REACH will illustrate the willingness and resolve of Mississippi Producers to proactively address natural resource concerns.

Provide

REACH will provide scientifically defensible data, and highly visible outreach materials to document resource improvements being made toward water resource conservation and landscape stewardship.

Document

REACH will quantify and document resource benefits through science, to provide sound justification for federal investments in conservation.

Support

REACH will further efforts that support the health of Mississippi's water resources, both inland and downstream to the Gulf of Mexico

Research & Education to Advance Conservation & Habitat

The REACH program goal is to create a network of cooperative farms in Mississippi with variable agricultural practices to illustrate the success of conservation practice implementation on landscape stewardship while encouraging profitable and sustainable systems.

LATEST VIDEOS

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Conservation using Surface Water Capture and Tail Water Recovery

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REACH Testimonials Boyd and Jack

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Animation of an agricultural field before best management practices are implemented

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Existing land layout of the Ducrest farm

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Conservation and Agriculture Working Together

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Jeremy Jack explaining the use of water management as a conservation technique.

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REACH Testimonials Boyd and Jack

REACH in Acreage

Acres

For Producers

Agriculture
Agriculture
Livestock
Livestock
Poultry
Poultry

For Landowners

Forest
Forest
Wetlands
Wetlands
Prairie
Prairie

Farm Spotlight: Gordon Farms

Farmer: Durwood Gordon

Location: Panola County, MS

REACH is going to give us that avenue to make our land sustainable - we want it to last forever. We're just going to be on earth a short time, but our land is going to be here forever!

REACH Farms: 2016 Area Map