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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1714893" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>As others have opined... the person in charge of the local office has a tremendous impact on how good/bad your experience will be. </p><p>I did a few things with NRCS years back - some good, some bad. One thing I could never get past was that our office totally refused to consider any assistance in installing large tire waterers... it had to be a concrete stock tank or nothing... and I knew folks over in eastern KY who were putting in tire waterers all over the place... but the guy in charge here would have nothing to do with them. </p><p>Overall, I usually had to come back and re-do things on my own dime after following their requirements. It often seemed that their requirements and regulations - particularly for EQUIP programs I participated in - were more aimed at improving wildlife habitat than improving forages and management for cattle producers. </p><p>After a few years, I just quit applying for any of their programs. They'd sometimes even call me and tell me about a new one they had available, but I'd gotten to the point that I didn't want any more governmental involvement in my business than I could avoid, and their requirements often didn't make good sense for my operation, so I just politely declined.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1714893, member: 12607"] As others have opined... the person in charge of the local office has a tremendous impact on how good/bad your experience will be. I did a few things with NRCS years back - some good, some bad. One thing I could never get past was that our office totally refused to consider any assistance in installing large tire waterers... it had to be a concrete stock tank or nothing... and I knew folks over in eastern KY who were putting in tire waterers all over the place... but the guy in charge here would have nothing to do with them. Overall, I usually had to come back and re-do things on my own dime after following their requirements. It often seemed that their requirements and regulations - particularly for EQUIP programs I participated in - were more aimed at improving wildlife habitat than improving forages and management for cattle producers. After a few years, I just quit applying for any of their programs. They'd sometimes even call me and tell me about a new one they had available, but I'd gotten to the point that I didn't want any more governmental involvement in my business than I could avoid, and their requirements often didn't make good sense for my operation, so I just politely declined. [/QUOTE]
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