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  2903 Gary Drive 
  Plymouth, IN 46563 
  (574) 936-2024 ext. 4 
  info@stjosephswcd.org 

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    stjosephswcd
    • Jun 29, 2015
    • 2 min

    Cover Crops Can Improve Soil in “Prevented Planting” Fields

    Indianapolis, IN – June 26, 2015—Excessive rain and flooding has once again resulted in many fields that will go unplanted this year....
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    Cover Crops to Improve Soil in Prevented Planting Fields
    Barry Fisher, NRCS State Soil Health Specialist
    • Jun 24, 2015
    • 5 min

    Cover Crops to Improve Soil in Prevented Planting Fields

    USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service June 2015 – Issue 5 Cover Crops to Improve Soil in Prevented Planting Fields A flooded field...
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    stjosephswcd
    • May 20, 2015
    • 2 min

    Important Crop Insurance Deadline Near for Indiana Producers

    Specialty Crop Producers, Others Need to Certify Conservation Compliance by June 1 Indianapolis, IN, May 18, 2015 — Indiana’s Natural...
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    Securing Water for People and Nature
    From our friends at The Nature Conservancy
    • May 4, 2015
    • 3 min

    Securing Water for People and Nature

    Will you do your part to save water – and our water sources? The water problems we face are complex and urgent. The only way to create a...
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    No-Till and Cover Crops from a Farmer’s Point of View
    Kate Zook, USDA Office of the Chief Economist
    • Apr 27, 2015
    • 2 min

    No-Till and Cover Crops from a Farmer’s Point of View

    Jamie Scott participated in a roundtable on climate change and agriculture with USDA Secretary Vilsack in East Lansing, Michigan on April...
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    Earth Day 2015
    Jane Hardisty, State Conservationist
    • Apr 20, 2015
    • 3 min

    Earth Day 2015

    Eighty years ago, in April 1935, an ominous wall of blowing sand and dust swept across the Great Plains caused by years of overplanting,...
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    Indiana NRCS
    • Apr 8, 2015
    • 2 min

    Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)

    Indianapolis, IN, April 7, 2015 – State Conservationist Jane Hardisty announced today that Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
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    stjosephswcd
    • Apr 6, 2015
    • 1 min

    2015 International Year of Soils

    Did you know that 2015 is the International Year of Soils? The 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly designated 2015 for...
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    Headwaters Yellow River Watershed Planning Project
    stjosephswcd
    • Mar 30, 2015
    • 1 min

    Headwaters Yellow River Watershed Planning Project

    In the fall of 2014 the Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) received state and federal funds to produce a...
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    St. Joseph County Soil & Water Conservation District Plymouth Service Center 2903 Gary Drive, Plymouth, IN 46563 Phone: 574-936-2024 Ext. 4 Fax: 855-496-7861. Please direct comments or concerns to info@stjosephswcd.org or call 574-936-2024 Ext 4.

    © 6 March 2013 ~ St. Joseph County SWCD The St. Joseph County SWCD and USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Refer to our Civil Rights Statement page for details.

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