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The success of no-till, cover crops and nutrient stewardship in Indiana’s Eagle Creek Watershed could serve as a blueprint for preserving farmland productivity without sacrificing water quality.

By Mark Parker posted on November 1, 2013 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Farmers are increasingly faced with a daunting task: increasing crop yields for a growing world population while trying to minimize the impact of their management decisions on fragile watersheds.

Cooperation Benefits No-Tillers, Watershed

Indiana no-tillers and researchers are working to reduce nutrient runoff, boost subsurface drainage in a key environmental hotspot

By John Dobberstein posted on February 1, 2011 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Water Management

Mike Starkey admits being a little worried when researchers showed up on his farm in Brownsburg, Ind., 4 years ago, asking for permission to monitor the tile outlets leading from his fields.

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