A new Soil Health Specialist position has been added to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service staff in Illinois.
State Conservationist Ivan Dosier tells Brownfield in recent years there has been more interest in reducing runoff, sequestering carbon, planting cover crops and other soil health practices.
“We just have such a diverse landscape, diverse soils and really wanted to ramp up the technical expertise in that area.”
He says University of Illinois graduate Dr.
