Conservationist making sure farmers follow plan for their land
By Anne Cook
Sunday May 21, 2006
Vanda Bidwell
Kevin Donoho, district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, measures residue on a no-till field on Joe Rothermel's farm near Bongard.
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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