MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of the Madison County Soil & Water Conservation District is to provide programs, funding and technical assistance which will conserve our natural resources for all our futures.

The next regular monthly business meeting of the Madison County SWCD board of commissioners will be: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 8:15am via conference call

Meetings are held at the NRCS office and are open to the public.
For accommodations, please call the office two business days in advance.

In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, as of Monday, March 23, the Madison County USDA Service Center is open for business by phone appointment only (offices are not open to visitors). For assistance, please call 515-462-2961 x3 during regular business hours or leave a message. For more information, please visit: USDA: www.farmers.gov/coronavirus IDALS: iowaagriculture.gov/covid-19

What’s New:

Click here to read the Press Release
Learn more about Iowa Soil & Water Conservation Week here
Learn more about national Stewardship Week here

Click here to read the FSA Fact Sheet for the Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) Pilot

read the Press Release

Click here to learn more about the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award

Click here to learn more about Soil Health!

Click here to read “New Conservation Practices for Century Old Farm” featuring Frederick Martens
or click here to download the PDF

Click here to read “Farmer Adds Cover Crops to Suite of Conservation Practices” featuring James Baur
or click here to download the PDF

Learn more about Conservation Client Gateway here