McLean County Farm Bureau

NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK SPOTLIGHT: LOGAN COUNTY –

Dave Bishop’s prairie offers pollinators and wildlife an everchanging feast during the growing season. This year’s cool, wet weather also brought changes, according to Bishop. “Every year, you see different combinations of plants. This year all the bromegrass, which isn’t native, came.” The Logan County Farm Bureau member’s prairie has fed and sheltered pollinators and wildlife while protecting and restoring the soil for 25 years. The family carefully selected native prairie species to gain “a bona fide native ecosystem,” he said. “Every year, the composition of plants is a little different.” (FarmWeekNow)