Fall-Planted Cover Crops Provide Many Benefits to Gardens
Put your garden to work over winter by planting a cover crop this fall.
Read MorePut your garden to work over winter by planting a cover crop this fall.
Read MoreIndiana reported a record number of cover crops this year to help absorb nutrients and reduce runoff, but scientists and environmental activists say more should be done to help improve water quality locally and regionally.
Read MoreROCHESTER — Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District, along with Purdue Cooperative Extension of Fulton County, are offering a free breakfast workshop and roundtable “Soil Health Systems for Agricultural Science” from 7:30-10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. The workshop will be hosted at Rochester Meat & Deli, 901 … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — Our Elkhart County SWCD held an interesting meeting this week. Cameron Mills, a farmer from Cass County, was one of the speakers. Mills has being using cover crops on his farm for a number of years now and … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — The results are in from the first-ever statewide fall tillage transect completed late last year as part of a collaborative effort between the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Indiana’s 92 Soil and Water Conservation Districts and other members of the Indiana … Read More
Excessive rain and flooding has once again resulted in many fields that will go unplanted this year. Hoosier farmers who find themselves in this situation need to weigh not only their program and insurance options (prevented planting), but also the opportunities to increase long-term productivity from this difficult … Read More
Cover Crop use is gaining popularity as a conservation management tool that not only protects soils over the winter, but captures and recycles nutrients the following cropping year. On Saturday, April 5, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, a Cover Crop Workshop will be held to share information about … Read More