ROCHESTER — 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 E. 9th St., Rochester, said a news …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 he shared some interesting ideas and experiences …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 Conservation Partnership. The report shows significant increases …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 situation. Barry Fisher, a state soil health …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 this conservation practice at the J.A. Scott …read more.