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Elkhart County Soil & Water Conservation District

Our mission is to assist land users and other agencies in the wise use of natural resources in Elkhart County.

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Making Every Acre Count

October 21, 2025October 22, 2025 Jim HessAgriculture

I have always been told, “With every privilege there is an equal and corresponding responsibility.” Working the land is no different. Farming is a privilege, and with it comes the responsibility to take care of what we’ve been given.

Carbon in the Soil

July 15, 2022May 9, 2024 Jim HessWalden the Worm

Carbon is the topic of many Ag magazine articles. What role does carbon play in the soil? Walden here. Carbon, which is usually called soil organic matter, is the stuff that makes your fields productive. I like to work in Read More

Work With Nature

May 9, 2022May 9, 2024 Jim HessAgriculture

This is a difficult post to write with so many factors affecting the farm in play. It is even more difficult with your farm business on the line. We have been through both low and high milk prices and high Read More

Building Water Quality One Day at a Time

December 14, 2021May 9, 2024 Jim HessStormwater

Well, last month I mentioned the 2022-2023 Stormwater Calendars were coming out and guess what they are here, and we have locations listed on where you can pick them up.  The Countywide Stormwater calendars began in 2008 and you have Read More

New State Record Set for Cover Crops

July 21, 2021May 9, 2024 Jim HessAgriculture

INDIANA (July 1, 2021) — According to a recent conservation survey, Indiana farmers have set a conservation record this year by planting an estimated 1.5 million acres of overwinter living covers, the largest amount ever recorded by an Indiana Conservation Partnership survey. Read More

A cooperative effort to implement the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) plan of four local...

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