U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg, visited Des Moines County where he learned about a large no-tillage cropping experiment on leased IAAP farmland to prevent the loss of topsoil
Land use figures for each soil conservation district in Iowa were estimated by SCS field office personnel as part of the District Resource Inventory. - These values were undated and adjusted where necessary to reflect 1978~79 conditions.
Bill Brune, State Soil Conservationist visits with U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg at a meeting in April 1980. Berg retunred to his native county to hear about no-till farming methods that were being used to combat soil eroision.
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U.S. Soil Conservation Chief and Des Moines County native Norman Berg poses with three other men during a visit to Iowa in April 1980.. He is the third man from the left. In 1979, President Carter appointed Berg chief of the Soil Conservation…
District conservationist Howard Bright talks to U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg who came to Des Moines County to hear about no-till farming procedures that were being used to fight soil erosion.
U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg, came to Des Moines County in 1980 to hear about no-till farming procedures that were being used to fight soil erosion. Here he talks to others who are interested in soil conservation practices.
Ralph Dewey, district conservationist in the early 1970's, talks to U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg at a meeting in April 1980. Berg returned to his native county to hear about no-till practices to prevent soil erosion