Organization: INDIANA AGRICULTURE NUTRIENT
Mission: TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF EFFECTIVE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. BECAUSE FARMERS ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO DETERMINE THE PRACTICES THAT ARE MOST APPROPRIATE ON THEIR OWN FARMS TO ACHIEVE REDUCTIONS IN NUTRIENT LOSS, THE ALLIANCE WILL INCREASE PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND SOIL HEALTH AND, ULTIMATELY, INDIANA'S WATER QUALITY.
Activities: IANA HAS BEEN LEADING EFFORTS IN THE UPPER WHITE WATERSHED TO COORDINATE MULTIPLE IANA PARTNER EFFORTS IN THAT GEOGRAPHY TO IMPROVE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND SOIL HEALTH THROUGH A UNIFIED CAMPAIGN. THE CAMPAIGN, FOUND AT WWW.KEEPITMIDWEST.COM, IS TARGETED WITH RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPPER WHITE WATERSHED, BUT IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE MESSAGING WILL BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED MORE BROADLY ACROSS THE STATE. IN JUNE AND JULY 2020 THE WEBSITE HAD 1,384 VISITORS WITH NEARLY 3,000 VIEWS.
IANA DEVELOPED CASE STUDIES AND MATERIALS SUPPORTING FARMERS' DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS. WRITTEN AND VIDEO TESTIMONIALS WERE DEVELOPED, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO ASSIST FARMERS GETTING STARTED WRITING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THEIR OWN FARM.
IANA HOSTED A 4R FIELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE AND THE 4R FIELD DAY ALLIANCE. THIS 1-DAY EVENT WAS HELD IN AUGUST 2019 AND PROVIDED A WIDE ARRAY OF SPEAKERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES. NEARLY 100 ATTENDEES FROM ACROSS INDIANA ATTENDED REPRESENTING FARMING, AG BUSINESS, AND CONSERVATION INTERESTS.
NTEE category: Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Secondary category: Environment