Episode 48 - IGIN, EQIP and the Farm Bill

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​Episode Highlights:

• [:34] Elizabeth is back! - thorough preparation led to a speedy recovery after her surgery.
  
  
• [4:33] The birthday game
  
  
  • ​Ed Helms
    
    
  • Richard Dean Anderson
    
    
  • Ellen Degeneres
    
    
• [8:08] Irrigation & Green Industry Magazine - Special guest and new editor-in-chief of IGIN, Kristin Smith-Ely, talks about her first edition. 
  
  
• [13:00] Environmental Quality Incentives Program - the team dives into the farm bill, detailing what EQIP is, why it exists and the role it plays in the overall importance of water management.
  
  
• [17:57] Natural Resources Conservation Service - the new document delves into farm productivity benefits along with environmental benefits. 
  
  
• [19:57] Research education economics about workforce - John and Elizabeth break down the current state of immigration and labor in the agriculture sector. 
  
  
• [28:47] EQIP funding - availability of this financial support and what farmers can do to qualify for it. ​
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