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KDA Division of Conservation: Eastern Region feat. Rod Vorhees and Daryl Donohue
Soil Solutions with Jessica Gnad - HPJ Talk
English - April 11, 2022 18:50 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBusiness News News Science Natural Sciences agriculture ffa regenerativeagriculture crops farm food producers soilhealth soilsolutions soilsolutionspodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome back to Soil Solutions with Jessica Gnad. This is the first of three episodes highlighting the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture's Division of Conservation.
Rod Vorhees and Daryl Donohue are KDA Divison of Conservation representatives for the Eastern and Southeastern regions of the state of Kansas. In this episode, they share their thoughts on the importance soil conservation and conservation partnerships, and the unique needs and challenges for soil health and conservation in their part of the state.
A native of Fredonia, Kansas, Daryl Donohue serves as treasurer of the Wilson County Conservation District Board of Supervisors. He serves as Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) Area V Director. Donohue is a rancher in northern Wilson County, Kansas, and he has been utilizing growing season burns, or “summer” burns, as a management practice for about many years. He actively promotes the use of prescribed burning to prevent cedar tree encroachment and to assist landowners and producers in recovering land invaded by cedar trees and, while doing so, encouraging native grasses and forbs to repopulate and thrive.