
HEALTHY SOILS. Soil organic matter at Reddick Farms has increased from 1% to 3% over the past 8 years. The Reddicks have also seen a significant decline in soil erosion since going all in on no-till and cover crops in 2018.
No-till is nothing new for the Reddick family. Brad Reddick remembers growing up on the 1,800-acre farm in Bardwell, Ky., watching his father no-till the rolling grounds and conventionally till the creek bottom grounds over 50 years ago.
But Brad and his son, Joel, are taking the family’s conservation efforts to a whole new level. They were inspired to push their chips forward and go all in on cover crops in 2018, after attending the…