MARSHALL COUNTY INDIANA
SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

According to the 4-H.org website, 4-H is America’s largest youth development organization. “Through hands-on learning, kids build not only confidence, creati...

Being a task-oriented person, I always have a To-Do List on my desk. The problem is my list keeps growing and it takes longer and longer to cross things off....

By now everyone should know that pollinators are in trouble. According to the National Park Service website this is due to several reasons; habitat loss, dec...

According to the Indiana State Department of Health brochure, private well water is unregulated by both IDEM and EPA. Well owners are responsible for their ow...

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), an invasive species is non-native to the ecosystem and causes, or is likely to cause, economic or envir...

Marshall and St. Joseph County SWCDs recently hosted an educational workshop. Among the speakers was Melissa Widhalm from Purdue Climate Change Research Cent...

“Despite all our artistic abilities, sophistication and accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of soil and the fact that it rains.” ~ Anon...

Kernza™ - Perennial Wheat The majority of the world’s plant-based food supply comes from annual plants. That means, every year farmers till their land, sow s...

If the phrase carbon neutral agriculture seems like an oxymoron to you, you are not alone. Agriculture is second only to the energy sector in emitting carbon...