Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts

10/20/2026

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has refreshed its online soil health resources to provide an improved user experience with clearer navigation for agricultural producers, technical service providers, the soil health industry, and our partners.

USDA Refreshes Its Soil Health Resources Farmers.gov sent this bulletin at 10/13/2026 01:54 PM EDT Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage. USDA Refreshes Its Soil Health Resources The search is over! The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has refreshed its online soil healt...

10/19/2026

Life Hacks Over Lunch meets the third Tuesday of each month. This free, virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and communities on watershed-scale projects to improve water quality and have ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t want to recreate the wheel,” this meet-up series if for you.

Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals This free, virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and communities on watershed-sca...

10/16/2026

Purdue Extension Farm Stress Team member Abby Paul warns that while farmers meticulously watch for stress in their crops and livestock, ignoring their own mental strain can be fatal. You do not have to carry this burden alone.

🎙️ On the latest "Your Health" Podcast: Farmers face an unrelenting...

10/15/2026

Healthy soil with high organic matter helps farms handle both drought and heavy rain by improving water infiltration and storage.

10/07/2026

Read the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Latest Success Story - Turning Outreach Into Action: Improving Shoreline Practices in Indiana's Upper Tippecanoe River Watershed. https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/grts/f?p=109:1225::::1225:P1225_SS_SEQ:1474

10/02/2026

Need a laugh with some good education mixed in?
In this quick Clear Choices Clean Water video, hear how healthy soils are needed for food production, water filtration, replenishing groundwater supplies, and breaking down and recycling many important nutrients needed in the overall food chain. They are important for sustaining life!

Healthy soil is key to healthy water! How? Healthy soil absorbs and...

09/30/2026

Hoosier Riverwatch: Thirty Years of Citizen Science Strengthens Indiana’s Watersheds. Read more: https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/grts/f?p=109:1225::::1225:P1225_SS_SEQ:2336

09/29/2026

It's Fall y'all. Consider Leaving the Leaves in support of pollinators!

I Didn't Know That!: Leave the Leaves

09/28/2026

Last day to register is tomorrow, Sept 29!
The Land of Opportunity: A Conference for Farmland Owners will be held at two locations on October 5 (Wabash) and October 6 (Terre Haute), providing farmland owners with valuable information and resources to help them make informed decisions about their land. The conference will feature keynote presentations, educational breakout sessions, and networking opportunities designed specifically for those who own, manage, or have an interest in farmland.
https://ag.purdue.edu/department/extension/wia/landowners-conference.html

09/04/2026

Results of the 2026 National Cover Crop Report released September 1 at the Farm Progress Show indicate strong interest in cover crops among many farmers who produce a wide range of crops and livestock. Among respondents to the survey, the average acreage planted with cover crops was 397.9, and their projections anticipate crossing the 400-acre mark by next year.

Results indicate strong interest in cover crops among many farmers who produce a wide range of crops and livestock.