{"id":6805,"date":"2016-05-25T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2016-06-06T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:22:09","slug":"new-video-improving-water-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-video-improving-water-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"New Extension Video: Improving Water Quality Around Your Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Improving<\/a>Hellbenders have been rapidly declining since the 1980s due to various factors, including poor water quality. \u00a0Poor water quality is caused by\u00a0a variety of ecological issues, one of which is land use along the river. Farmers can reduce the impact of their\u00a0farming practices on water quality using a number of different management practices.<\/p>\n

In this new video “Improving Water Quality Around Your Farm<\/a>,”\u00a0we focus on how farmers can use management practices on their farm that improves water\u00a0quality while still meeting their production goals. Todd\u00a0Armstrong, a farmer on the Blue River, uses cover crops and no till farming to reduce soil erosion and\u00a0describes\u00a0the\u00a0ecological and economic benefits to these practices in this video.<\/p>\n

Please visit the Help the Hellbender website<\/a> for more information regarding other management practices that improve water\u00a0quality, and\u00a0also check out the National Resource Conservation Services website<\/a> (NRCS) for news and other\u00a0information related to soil and resource conservation.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/strong>
\nImproving Water Quality Around Your Farm<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nOptions for Farmers<\/a> – Help the Hellbender
\nWater Quality<\/a> – National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
\nManaging Cover Crops: An Introduction to Integrating Cover Crops Into a Corn-Soybean Rotation<\/a> – The Education Store
\nAdoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices: Insights from Research and Practice<\/a> – The Education Store<\/p>\n

Megan Kuechle<\/a>, Undergraduate Extension Intern
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Dr. Rod Williams<\/a>, Associate Head of FNR Extension and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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