Harrison County Soil & Water Conservation District

Harrison County Soil & Water Conservation District The purpose of the Harrison Co. In Indiana, a Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is a governmental sub-division of state government. Harrison Co.

Soil & Water Conservation District, as well as Indiana's other 91 counties, is to provide information about soil, water and related natural resource conservation; identify and prioritize local soil and water resource concerns; and connect landusers to sources of educational, technicial and financial assistance, & to implement conservation practices and technologies. Each county district office ser

ves as a means for all interested people in a county to work for natural resource conservation and development. The district's programs are funded through a variety of sources including county & state appropriations, grants, district revenue generating programs (equipment rental, etc.) and private donations. Although SWCD's in Indiana are based on county lines, the only legal relationship between a district and a county is the provision that a district employee is considered to be an employee of the county in which the employee works. Harrison County Government provides riverboat revenue from Horseshoe Casino for conservation cost-share programs for Harrison Co. SWCD to oversee & administer to the county's landowners.
$100,000 yearly was allocated to the SWCD from the Harrison Co. Commissioners & Council beginning in 2002. The SWCD begin programs for cost-share funding for Livestock Facilites, Hay/Pasture, Field Borders, Forestry, & Cover Crop programs. In 2008, Harrison Co. Government began allocating $150,000 yearly for the SWCD programs. SWCD has various partners that they have cooperative working agreements with, such as; Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana State Soil Conservation Board, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, IDNR Division of Soil Conservation & USDA Farm Service Agency

Harrison Co. Cattlemen's Field Day @ Simpson Farms in Elizabeth this past Saturday 🐃 🚜🌾 Thank you to the Simpson Family ...
08/24/2026

Harrison Co. Cattlemen's Field Day @ Simpson Farms in Elizabeth this past Saturday 🐃 🚜🌾 Thank you to the Simpson Family for hosting! 🙂

We enjoyed the Field Day @ Bundle Sticks Farm!
08/10/2026

We enjoyed the Field Day @ Bundle Sticks Farm!

For anyone interested in ordering tree seedlings from DNR, we will have the order forms in our office for you to pickup....
08/10/2026

For anyone interested in ordering tree seedlings from DNR, we will have the order forms in our office for you to pickup. Ordering begins Oct. 1st and they will go fast!

Harrison County Cattlemen's Association Field Day! Saturday, August 22nd 10 am-2:00 pm 🐃 @ Simpson Farms in Elizabeth ...
08/07/2026

Harrison County Cattlemen's Association Field Day! Saturday, August 22nd 10 am-2:00 pm 🐃 @ Simpson Farms in Elizabeth Lunch will be provided 🍴

Turnip seed is now in our office, come get yours for fall cover for your gardens & the wildlife!
07/29/2026

Turnip seed is now in our office, come get yours for fall cover for your gardens & the wildlife!

We are excited to announce a new grant funding opportunity!🐄🐃 Please see the details, and come in to our SWCD office to...
07/29/2026

We are excited to announce a new grant funding opportunity!🐄🐃 Please see the details, and come in to our SWCD office to fill out an interest form 🐂

07/06/2026

Have you ever wanted to throw a pie in a boss’s face? Now’s your chance… and it’s for a great cause!

We’re kicking off our Pie a Boss for a Cause challenge! Throughout July, we’re turning new followers into donations for local food banks.

• 1 New Follower = $1 Donated to Local Food Banks*
• Every 50 New Followers = Another Boss Gets Pied
• At the end of the month, you’ll even get to vote on which bosses get the pie!

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USDA estimates that 70% of U.S. farmland will change hands within the next 20 years as the current generation of farmers...
07/02/2026

USDA estimates that 70% of U.S. farmland will change hands within the next 20 years as the current generation of farmers ages out. The average age of the American farmer is now 58 years old. The problem is that many of those farm families don't have a next generation ready or willing to take over. Years of tight margins, hard physical work, and financial uncertainty have pushed younger generations toward other careers. When a farm doesn't have a successor, it almost always stops being a farm.

When farmland changes hands outside the family, it's typically sold to one of two buyers: a large corporate agricultural operation that folds it into an industrial-scale enterprise, or a developer who turns it into a subdivision. Either way, the family farm model is gone. The USDA notes that farms without succession plans are likely to be absorbed by ever-larger neighbors or converted to non-farm uses entirely. Rural America is watching its own inheritance being sold off, parcel by parcel, to the highest bidder.

Source: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) — Family Farms overview

06/09/2026

Oh my Lanesville flooding!

06/09/2026

Reminder to anyone who signed up this spring in our Invasive Weeds/Chemical Cost-Share Program, you have until July 1st to turn in a paid receipt for purchasing the chemical, to expect a reimbursement from the county 🙂🌱Thank you!

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1855 Gardner Lane NW
Corydon, IN
47112

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Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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+18127388121

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