Upcoming Events
2025 Early Season Cover Crop Seed Mix
Multi-Species Conservation Mixes for Soil Health
The New Hampshire Conservation Districts in cooperation with the NH Soil Health Partnership are offering cover crop mixes specially designed to improve soil health on NH farms, at wholesale prices.
Early Season Mix
Good For: Grazing, fallow fields, pollinator and beneficial insect habitat.
Contains: Hybrid turnip, Japanese millet, sunflower, crimson clover, forage peas, and forage oats.
Application Rate: 50lbs per acre. Sold in 50lb bags.
Best Planting Dates: May 25-June 30
Deadline to Order Early Season Mix: Wednesday May 7th 2025
Expected Delivery Date: May 20th 2025
Mid-Season Mix
Good For: Following early vegetable and sweet corn crops.
Contains: Daikon radish, crimson clover, hairy vetch, forage oats, winter wheat, and phacelia.
Application Rate: 50lbs per acre. Sold in 50lb bags
Pricing & Ordering Start May 25th 2025
Late Season Mix
Good For: Following silage corn and late vegetable crops.
Contains: Winter rye, forage oats, turnip.
Application Rate: 75lbs per acre. Sold in 50lb bags
Pricing & Ordering Start July 15th 2025
2025 Annual Backyard Trout Sale
The RCCD is now accepting orders for its annual trout sale fundraiser to support local conservation projects!
New Hampshire raised rainbow and brook trout are available for backyard pond stocking in lengths of 6-8 inches and 10-12 inches.
Local Work Group Meeting
The Rockingham County Conservation District (RCCD), along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold a Local Working Group meeting in person on March 26, 2025, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.
Climate Resilience Grant 2025 Information Session
Interested in learning more about the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant, or interested in applying and don’t know where to start? Join us and the other NH Conservation Districts to learn everything you need to know for the 2025 grant application cycle!
The mission of the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State.
This will be done by reducing the impact that local agriculture has on climate change (mitigation) through greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration, and through increasing the resiliency of New Hampshire Farms in a changing climate (adaptation), while meeting farm’s conservation goals and needs. Extreme weather events, frequent and prolonged droughts, and increased pest pressures are increasing challenges for NH farms.
This grant program, through the NH County Conservation Districts seeks to support farmers in meeting those challenges.
Cost: Free, Registration required.
Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/2025ClimateInfoSession
Fairhill Salt Marsh Restoration: Information Session
You’re invited to attend and learn more about history of Fairhill saltmarsh use, from early farming techniques to restoration objectives initiated in the early 2000’s. Saltmarsh vegetation monitoring, sea level impacts, and low-impact restoration techniques being considered over the next few years will also be discussed.
Please join the Rockingham County Conservation District (RCCD) in conjunction with the Rye Conservation Commission, NH DES, Coastal Program and other partners to learn more.
We want to learn more from YOU living near Fairhill saltmarsh, and what you are witnessing on the marsh and/or on your property.
Free to attend, registration required. Light refreshments will be served.
Erosion Control Field Day 2024
Training for professionals working in soils, erosion control, water quality, public works, engineering, roads, planning, and consulting.
NH Department of Environmental Services Subsurface Bureau 6.0 CEU
SOLD OUT
Climate Resilience Workshop: Soil Health Practices
We hope you can join us to learn about projects local farms are implementing to address the climate resilience issues of water availability and soil health. There will be tours of the farms and their projects, Q&A’s with topic experts, and information about financial and technical resources available to farms through the USDA NRCS, UNH Cooperative Extension, and Conservation Districts.