Tag: conservation
A quick guide to planting cover crops
Keeping the soil covered and active, with a living root zone for more of the year, leads to long-term soil improvements, productivity, and profitability.
Conservation credits offered in Muskingum Watershed
A new program allows farmers and businesses in the Muskingum Watershed to purchase conservation credits that will help with nutrient management.
Critical fall pasture maintenance
Keep in mind that as the grazing season comes to an end there are plenty of ways that you can still improve your pasture for the following year.
People are getting outdoors more
People in the cities and the country are getting outside. And maybe the whole goal is a cool social media post, but they are out there.
Conservation by the numbers
Preliminary results from a recent survey show 40 percent of the U.S. population enjoyed some form of wildlife-related recreation in 2016.
Families leave mark on Ohio agriculture
Five Ohio families were recognized at the Farm Science Review for their conservation efforts.
Injecting manure reduces hormone transport
A new Penn State study shows that applying manure to crop fields by means of shallow disk injection significantly reduces estrogens in surface runoff.
Food plot diversity benefits wildlife
Diversity combats this struggle, both plant diversity as well as habitat diversity, which in turn will give you wildlife diversity.
Ten SWCDs celebrate 75 years
Highland was the first district organized; Coshocton was second, followed by Morrow, Clark, Butler, Noble, Columbiana, Guernsey, Monroe and Tuscarawas.
Help save Monarch butterflies in Ohio
The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative is seeking public involvement to collect and drop off common and swamp milkweed seed pods from established plants.
