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Feeding innovation in conservation

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services is investing nearly $16 million to help develop and accelerate innovative ideas in conservation.  Jane Hardisty, Indiana state conservationist says over two million dollars will be utilized for projects that impact Indiana.

One of those, is a partnership with Purdue University.  “They’re going to be looking really close at doing new kids of assessment methods and looking at our reclaimed mined ground,” she says.  “Particularly in the southern part of the state.  They’re going to try to do some modeling to get an idea of what is happening with the carbon and the nutrient cycles.

Because, she says, the soil takes on a different profile after mining has been done.  “They’re trying to decide, based up soil health, what kind of practices would be good in relation to tillage and cover crops and what’s going on differently with that reclaimed ground,” she says.

Indiana’s grants also include projects with the National Corn Growers Association that will focus on soil health and the National Association of Conservation Districts to evaluate where strip and no-till, cover crops, and crop rotation practices work best together.

A link to more information on the grants can be found HERE.

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