The Farm Agronomic Practices Program offered by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Farm and Markets (VAAFM) uses state funding to help Vermont farms implement soil-based agronomic practices to improve soil quality, increase crop production, and reduce erosion and agricultural waste discharges. In 2019, rotational grazing was added as an eligible practice, paying farmers $25 per acre for managing pastures to prevent overgrazing. This practice is again included in the 2020 Farm Agronomic Practices, or FAP, pr … (read more)
