Edge-of-Field Water Quality Monitoring Funds Available

Farmers in three Ohio watersheds have an opportunity to conduct edge-of-field water quality monitoring with assistance from the USDA-NRCS.  Using the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), NRCS helps farmers purchase monitoring equipment, conduct sample collection and analysis, and implement conservation practices on approved monitoring sites.   NRCS will accept applications from eligible participants until June 14, 2013.

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Funding Aims to Improve Three Impaired Watersheds in Ohio

State Conservationist Terry Cosby today announced additional funding for an initiative to improve water quality in selected Ohio watersheds.  The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) allocated $350,000 in assistance this year to help farmers and forestland owners install conservation practices that manage nutrients, pathogens, and sediments. NRCS will select applications submitted by June 21, 2013.

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Dig A Little, Learn A Lot!

As temperatures finally go UP this spring, take a minute to look DOWN at the ground and investigate the SOIL. What does the soil look like? How does the soil feel? Does rain sink into the ground quickly? Answering these questions during planting can pay off later during harvest. According to State Conservationist Terry Cosby, "Prime farmland makes up 73 percent of Ohio’s 11 million acres of cropland. The well-being of future Ohioans hinges on how well we protect and improve the foundation of agriculture, healthy soil."

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