By Melina Sempill Watts [caption id="attachment_31422" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Kandi Manhart[/caption] In Colusa, Calif., Daniel Unruh owns and operates a walnut orchard, where his ongoing use of cover crops on Columbia silty clay loam has given his orchard floor a soil organic matter that varies from 3-4 percent. Unruh started at a lesion nematode… [...]

Pennsylvania’s Centre County Conservation District (CCCD) is using a Growing Greener grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to establish forest buffers and protect thousands of feet of streambank, which will improve water quality and agriculture practices throughout seven watersheds. CCCD was awarded just under $1.7 million to conduct 10 projects in nine townships,… [...]

By Melina Watts, Glenn County RCD When 95 people stand around under grey skies and looming storm clouds to look at plant varietals while picking apart shovels of saturated soil, exploring root types and soil pore structure, you know there’s a compelling idea at play – cover crops. From increasing soil porosity, improving soil organic… [...]