Farming is also an art. Ask any farmer. But there is more than meets the eye when you drive past a corn field. Agronomy, the science of producing crops, is the topic of this episode. We asked Jordan Miller, an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), all of our burning questions, including those on soil, agriculture technology, and how the NRCS fosters healthy ecosystems and ensures productive farms, simultaneously.

Links to more information!

1) The book that Josh mentioned: "Water for Every Farm", by P.A. Yeomans

2) Richland SWCD's website "Agriculture" page, with local SWCD and NRCS resources: https://richlandswcd.net/services/agriculture

3) NRCS's about page: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/about/

4) Agronomy.org: https://www.agronomy.org/about-agronomy/

5) About conservation agriculture: http://conservationagriculture.mannlib.cornell.edu/pages/aboutca/advantages.html

Richland County's NRCS district office phone #: 419-747-8691

Richland SWCD's website and phone #: 419-747-8686 | www.richlandswcd.net

Kingwood Center Garden's website: www.kingwoodcenter.org

Music:

Music permissions for tracks used in this and all of our episodes was generously granted by the artists. Special thanks to Dan Lebowitz, whose "Run One Down" is our theme song. Also thanks to TrackTribe for the other tracks used in our program ("Running Errands" & "Easy Stroll")