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Tom J. Bechman
PLAN IT RIGHT: Ben Wicker believes you are more likely to make fertilizer applications in sync with the environment if you have a documented management plan. Majority of farmers say they soil-test, but fewer put together a management plan.
Apr 26, 2021
Each state in the Midwest has environmental goals to meet to reduce the amount of nutrients finding their way to the Gulf of Mexico and causing hypoxia, impacting ocean life. In Indiana, the strong movement toward soil health by many growers is helping to meet that goal. Indiana is also blessed with a strong Indiana Conservation Partnership that provides technical support, advice and even cost-share support for growers to adapt practices more likely to reduce soil erosion and loss of nutrients into rivers and streams.
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Opinion: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force is committed to collaboration and conservation
We know there’s still work to do, but we’re committed to showing continuous improvement towards the goals outlined in the HTF’s Action Plan.
Jerry Costello II, Jordan Seger and Mike Naig
Guest columnists
Each spring, temperatures rise and the snowpack melts replenishing the moisture in our soils and water in our local streams. Many of these bodies of water flow into the Mississippi River and eventually that water makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico. This is a seasonal reminder that the things we do in the upper Mississippi River basin have an impact on our neighbors downstream.