Conservationist making sure farmers follow plan for their land

BROADLANDS – Kevin Donoho looked at Joe Rothermel's field, full of tiny corn plants, and he liked what he saw.

"See where the residue's all bunched up," said Donoho, district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. "There's an earthworm hole under every one of those piles. It's amazing how big the piles are. The worms are doing the tillage for us in this field. "

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