Indiana farmers planted an estimated 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers, making the state a leader in cover crop ...

For this edition of the Scrub Hub, we look at jumping worms. These are an invasive species that are turning the Midwest's topsoil to coffee grounds.

Indiana suspends three conservation programs due to frozen federal funding. Programs provide technical assistance and training for soil health and water quality.

Given the recent weather patterns, Indiana is well-positioned to enter the summer with healthy soil moisture levels. This reduces the immediate risk of drought and supports robust agricultural ...

After Indiana was selected to receive contaminated soil from the train wreck in Ohio, Hoosiers are concerned about risks from the hazardous waste.

More than 1,300 sites around the country are suspected of being so contaminated, hazardous or polluted — or are at risk of becoming so polluted — that they have been deemed a national cleanup ...

The North Central Indiana Soil and Water Conservation Districts will be hosting Ray Archuleta and Barry Fisher for conferences on Successful Soil Solutions throughout August, according to a press ...

STATEWIDE — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture announced on Monday the development of a free soil sampling initiative with the Gulf Hypoxia Program. Titled “Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin ...

According to a recent conservation survey, Indiana farmers planted an estimated 1.5 million acres of overwinter living covers in the late fall of 2021, matching the record 1.5 million acres ...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered more lead contamination in northwest Indiana. Soil samples collected since October have revealed more than two dozen ...

Eric Wappel of Wappel Farms in San Pierre, Ind., is all about prescription farming. The Wappel Farm, which will be featured in Purdue University's annual Indiana Farm Management Tour, is in northern ...

Reconstruction of the Indiana 51 bridge over Burns Ditch was originally slated to take about eight months and cost $8.7 million, the Indiana Department of Transportation said in 2017. Unexpected so… ...