https://www.midwestagconservation.org/snapshots daily 0.75 2026-07-02 https://www.midwestagconservation.org/snapshots/doubtingthomas monthly 0.5 2026-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691ce1155035d75f8dc0dcb7/50a1b999-5e9d-43d9-978d-c1b5b6f35fa3/Screenshot+2026-07-02+at+10.30.20%E2%80%AFAM.png Conservation Snapshots - There is No Doubt About the Value of Conservation Doubting Thomas farm has utilized conservation practices in the past through USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) financial assistance programs and has been working with Travis Doeden, Clay County NRCS District Conservationist. Most recently that work involves trees and pollinator habitat establishment along a river bank that had seen erosion in the past. They are also using pollinator habitat in an area that was not easily accessible with farm equipment and is on a monarch and migratory bird pathway. 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