2019 Winter Newsletter
Posted Dec 10, 19 in2019 Summer Newsletter
Posted Aug 1, 19 in Conservation News,Wyoming_County_SWCD_2019_Summer_Newsletter.pdf
2018 Wyoming County SWCD Annual Report
Posted Mar 30, 19 in Annual Reports, Conservation News,2019 Ronald P Herman Sr. Conservation Partner Award
Posted Jan 3, 19 in Awards,Wyoming County Information Technology Department
Partnerships improve and strengthen the outputs of any agency, and very few agencies operate solely by themselves. The Wyoming County Soil and Water Conservation District has improved its technological abilities since its inception in 1940. One of the biggest advancements in the District over the past 80 years has been the availability and utilization of technology to deliver District programs.Technology is used by the District on a daily basis; from basic email capabilities to the use of Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems. The District would not be able to operate as efficiently without the support of the Wyoming County Information Technology Department.
2019 Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Award
Posted Jan 2, 19 in Awards,Meeder Farms, LLC of Pike
Meeder Farms, LLC has been in operation for 25 years, located in Pike. They operate over 425 acres to grow alfalfa, corn, and hay that is used by other farms in the area.The farm has zone-tilled it’s ground, doing away with more conventional tillage methods. They have implemented cover crops on a majority of the operating land and have also experimented with interseeding cover crops with corn.They have also improved drainage in fields they operate in order to help prevent soil compaction with equipment. These measures to improve soil health and reduce erosion have benefitted the farm, as the crops they produce have only continued to improve.