Tag: USDA NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
New Indiana state record set for cover crops
Indiana farmers have set a conservation record this year by planting an estimated 1.5 million acres of overwinter living cover crops, the largest amount ever recorded by an Indiana Conservation Partnership survey.
ISDA Multi-state conservation project
Recently, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that a multi-state conservation program, led by Indiana, received $7,780,799 to protect natural resources in the Western Lake Erin Basin region.
ACSWD Soil Health Field Day
Soil Health Field Day at Roemke Farms, Harlan, Indiana, tomorrow - August 11, 2016.
USDA launches $41M initiative to improve WLEB water quality
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the NRCS will invest $41m in an initiative to support the work of farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin.