Soil health continues to top hot topics in conservation 08/26/2016
By Josie Dallam The National Association of Conservation Districts’ president, Lee McDaniel, knows a few things about soil health. He owns Indian Spring Farm in Darlington, Maryland, where he has raised dairy and beef cattle, and now farms row crops. Everything he’s done there relates back to soil health, he told an audience of conservation…… Continue reading →
April is “Soils Clean and Capture Water” Month 04/02/2015
This year was officially declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. As part of the year-long celebration of soil, the Soil Science Society of America has assigned a different theme to each month of the calendar. This month has been officially dubbed “Soils Clean and Capture Water” month. So how exactly does…… Continue reading →