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Snyder County Conservation District Holds Annual Farmer Meeting

Written by Shannon Wehinger on . Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight, Mini-grant

Lauren Cheran, SCCD Program Administrator, showed farmers conservation practices recently installed on Snyder County farms and explained how some SCCD financial programs work. Photo provided by SCCD.

The Snyder County Conservation District (SCCD) held its annual Farmers Winter Meeting outside Selinsgrove on February 16, 2024. Seventy people attended the meeting.

Topics included the district’s soil health bucket program, managing soils for phosphorus, and helping farmers better utilize nitrogen for corn production during the growing season while potentially decreasing nitrogen losses in the environment.

Click here to read the entire article and see more photos from the event. 

Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.