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Feeding Off No-Till, Cover Crop Profitability

By John Dobberstein posted on July 23, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Tiffany Cattle Co. separates itself from the herd with a focus on grazing cover crops to improve soil health economically.

When Shawn and Shane Tiffany took over the former Black Diamond feed yard in 2007 it wasn’t in terrible shape, mostly because of manure applications that kept organic matter in the soil. But after going to a cover crop field day 8 years ago, the brothers didn’t want to just settle.

So they’ve taken a slow, deliberate approach to integrating no-till practices and cover crop grazing at Tiffany Cattle Co. as they work to lock…

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KEYWORDS feediot soils flint hills gallagher winter wheat grazing covers Kinze planter organic matter row cleaners soil microbes sunflower drill Tiffany Cattle Co.
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John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is the Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer, and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. This is John's second stint with Lessiter Media, the previous lasting almost 13 years.

Contact: jdobberstein@lessitermedia.com

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