Conserving water helps home sewage treatment systems last
Home sewage treatment system maintenance and water conservation go hand in hand. Using less water protects your investment and the environment.
What is growing in the hayfield?
Learn how to stop spotted knapweed and hemp dogbane from taking over and destroying a healthy hay field.
Soil erosion more noticeable this spring
As I write this, it’s raining. Again. And the weather forecast shows little clouds with raindrops and lightning bolts almost every day this...
Trying to build agriculture’s future in Carroll County
Agriculture is the number one industry in Carroll County and Ohio -- and Carroll County residents are working to ensure its future. But it takes collaboration and input from all.
If you want to keep your goals, put them down in writing
While we are all huddled down, surviving the cold, with little else to do, other than work and keep livestock warm and dry, start setting goals for 2019.
Winter cover crops make better spring soils
Grazing winter cover crops can provide winter forage for livestock, increase soil biology and organic matter and decrease soil erosion and nutrient runoff.
Soil test has surprising results
The Medina SWCD just completed a soil testing project in cooperation with Spencer Feed and Supply, located in Spencer, Ohio, in the western part of Medina County. Their service area is mostly in the headwaters of the Black River Watershed to Lake Erie.
Riparian buffers can make a difference in water quality
Riparian zones serve many purposes along streams and rivers to support a biodiversity ecosystem. They are also important to water quality
The dirt on conservation
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio -- Recently, the Guernsey Soil & Water Conservation District hosted a local Meadowbrook HS student in its volunteer training program. Erica Showalter,...
A strong voice is not always musical
Soil and water conservation districts in each of Ohio's counties need board members who are dedicated to agriculture's success and natural resource conservation.
