On Aug. 17th Ness Farms was honored as the St. Joseph County winner of the Indiana Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts’...

You can’t pick up a farm magazine or read a website, including this one, without hearing about cover crops and soil health. But you’re...

Elkhart, Marshall, and St. Joseph Counties are partnering to hold a Women’s Learning Circle, October 25, 2016 (location TBA). Women-only...

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In an effort to pass the conservation torch and help educate the next generation on being good stewards of our environment, the St....

Growing up, the question of the day often started with “why” or “how” because I loved discovering things. Though my specific interests...

Are you looking for a fun, educating speaker for your small group meeting? The St. Joseph County Partnership staff is available to speak...

Indianapolis, IN (July 11, 2016) - Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) is releasing two new case studies featuring cover crop...

One of the ways Management Intensive Rotational Grazing has gained acceptance and following is through an active Pasture Walk program....

Indianapolis, IN, April 20, 2016 – Results from the 2015 Indiana Fall Tillage and Cover Crop Transect, which is an on-the-ground survey,...

Indianapolis, IN, June 13, 2016 – Jane Hardisty, State Conservationist for Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)...

On Thursday June 9, 2016 the St. Joseph County SWCD & NRCS hosted a Legislator Conservation Tour for our local, state and federal...

RIO PIEDRAS, P.R., June 2, 2016 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced several measures to strengthen rural opportunity in...

What is Conservation Client Gateway? The Conservation Client Gateway is a secure online web application that lets landowners and land...

When we think of environmental pollution, we most often conjure up images of smoking factories, toxic waste dumps and oil spills. What we...

Since the very early days, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has been committed to protecting and conserving our natural...

As Earth Day approaches, we see a complex, changing world ahead of us. It’s an undeniable fact that our Earth’s climate is changing. ...

Indianapolis, IN, April 14, 2016 — Jane Hardisty, State Conservationist for Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)...