2023 Indiana Conservation Award Recipients Recognized
(News release republished here with permission from IASWCD.) Indianapolis, IN, January 24, 2024 - Earlier this month, several Hoosiers...
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NRCS Accepting Applications for Targeted Watershed Funding in Indiana
Indianapolis, IN, November 3, 2023 - Curtis Knueven, Acting State Conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service...
Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape to Lead New Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Bloomington, IN, November 1, 2023 - The Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape (SISL) partnership is excited to announce approval of a...
Celebrate National Ag Day by committing to combating climate change
by David Doctorian, Acting State Conservationist Indiana NRCS Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Since its founding as the Soil Conservation Service...
Funding Available to Western Lake Erie Basin Farmers to Improve Water Quality
INDIANA (Dec. 20, 2022) — Funding is now available from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana to help Western...
Indiana NRCS Announces First FY23 Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program
Indianapolis Dec. 13, 2022– USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Acting State Conservationist Dan Hovland announced today...
Advocating for Black Farmers
John Jamerson and Denise Greer Jamerson live and farm in Lyles Station, Indiana - an historic Black farming community. For years, they...
Grain Donations: Info for Producers
Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) is largely funded through public and private organizations. We are extremely grateful to...
INfield Advantage Cover Crop Trials
Registration for the INField Advantage (INFA) Cover Crop Trial Program is open now until August 1, 2022. The purpose of the INFA Cover...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
What is meant by the term mental health? Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we...
Legacy Taste of the Garden Announces the Black Loam Conference Events
The Indiana Black Loam Conference is a pilot project by Legacy Taste of the Garden to host workshops in Evansville (2/19), Fort Wayne...
In Loving Memory of Travis Wenning
Recently, a generous person made an anonymous donation to the Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative in memory of Travis Wenning. How...
Op-Ed: Boost Your Soil's Productivity
World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the...
Be Thankful
It’s nice to have a special day of the year to spend with family and friends, acknowledging how fortunate we truly are. We all have so...
Using Cover Crops in River Bottoms
A recent CCSI-HAT Soil Health Podcast: “Cover Crops in the River Bottoms?!”, contains valuable tips for utilizing cover crops in river...
So - you had questions about a Tweet. Here are some answers.
The screen shot above was from a tweet earlier in the week. https://twitter.com/CCSI_IN/status/1448265604306243584?s=20 There was...
Subscribe Online to Receive Free Text and Email Alerts From USDA
Did you know you can subscribe to receive free email and text message updates from your local USDA Service Center? Whether you’re in the...
New State Record Set for Cover Crops
CCSI is thrilled to share this joint news release from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation...
Op-Ed: Pollinators are essential to our daily life
Pollinator Week is June 20 – 26. Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. CCSI is...
Cover Crops in May: Podcast on Spring Management and Observations of Winter Rye at Pinney Purdue
In a recent Hoosier Ag Today/CCSI Soil Health Podcast, Stephen Meyers of Purdue Horticulture and Dan Perkins of Perkins Good Earth Farm...
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