SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM
HAS PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 21st, 2020
TO BE SOIL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY
Join us and our partners in raising awareness about this extremely important resource.
- Agriculture is the economic driver of South Dakota, contributing 132,105 jobs, 11.2 billion dollars in total value added, and 32.5 billion dollars in total output.
- Farmers and ranchers have seen a need to increase awareness of the importance of our soils as a state resource, promoting management practices that increase its health and productivity.
- Healthy soil can create many advantages including improving water infiltration and retention to better manage the effects of flood or drought, filtering and cleaning water that moves through it, decreasing soil loss due to erosion by wind or water.
Interested in materials to promote the day? Access a Media Kit here, contact us, or visit the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition website at www.sdsoilhealthcoalition.org
