Whew! I certainly feel confident that everyone would agree that the last two weeks have been typical for Indiana….at least weather wise. ...

Above: Some work-from-home scenes from our CCSI staff. CCSI Regional Teleconferences for March were held recently. The March...

Many of our Indiana conservation partners are settling into teleworking, the challenges of setting home office boundaries with children...

Join the Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) in celebrating a decade of providing soil health education across Indiana. "Soil...

January 19th is National Popcorn Day. Pat Karst and his father farm about 700 acres in the Huntington County, Indiana area. In addition...

Warsaw, Indiana, farmer Jamie Scott strategically includes wheat in his cropping rotation to maximize cover crop growth. Because of that...

Putnam County Indiana farmers Mark and Phyllis Legan, along with their family, have defined stewardship as taking care of something –...

Over the past 40+ years, Knox County Indiana Farmer Mike Brocksmith has developed skill sets critical to weed control in no-till systems....

Gordon Smiley farms approximately 1200 acres with his brother Jeff near Greensburg, Indiana, including  a swine operation. They use a...

Arcadia, Indiana farmer Rodney Rulon and his cousins base cropping systems changes for their 6000-acre farm on data-driven decisions....

Farming next to St. Mary’s river on the land his great, great grandfather settled in 1847, Decatur, Indiana farmer Mike Werling takes...

Featuring John Tooker, Penn State Associate Professor of Entomology, this podcast focuses upon the explosion of neonicotinoid-treated...

Weather and field conditions through Winter and Spring of 2019 have led to serious erosion problems across the Midwest.  NE Indiana/NW...

Weather and field conditions through Winter and Spring of 2019 have led to serious erosion problems across the Midwest.  NE Indiana/NW...

Scott Wohltman, Cover Crop Chair for the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and agronomist for La Crosse Seed talks about a recent...

Dr. Aaron Hager, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois specializing in weeds, discusses weed pressure on prevent plant acres....

Christy Wright from Corteva Agriscience, Seth Harden from The Nature Conservancy, and Indiana Farm Bureau’s Justin Schneider discuss...

Heather Bacher, the Indiana State Coordinator for Women4theLand, and Jen Filipiak, Midwest Regional Director for American Farmland Trust...

Mike Werling started no-tilling and planting cover crops to reduce erosion on his 350-acre farm. He’s also reducing his nitrogen rates....