Cover Crops & No-Till Help Produce Healthy Plants, Cows & People

By Brad Clark posted on May 7, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Our motive is simple, and it explains everything we seek to achieve on our healthy farm: You can’t go wrong by doing right.

[Video] Building Strong Soil for Healthy Crops

April 9, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

In this video from University of Minnesota Extension, Soil Health Specialist Anna Cates discusses how soil texture determines soil structure, how farming practices change soil structure, why soil aggregates are important, and more.

It Starts with the Soil

July 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Omaha World-Herald

All healthy crops have to start somewhere. To be more specific — the ground. But hearty, high-yielding crops can’t just sprout in any patch of dirt. Read more in this article from the Omaha World-Herald.

Soil: Our Most Precious Resource

December 9, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Carolina Now

Healthy crops begin with healthy soil, and researchers with the Clemson University’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program are teaching farmers how they can benefit from keeping their soils fit. The researchers teamed up with other agricultural professionals and farmers who have implemented soil-health principles by using cover crops, no-till and livestock integration to hold a conference to teach about soil health and tools to use to promote healthy soil.

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An Accidental Cover Crop Experiment

Georgetown, Del., no-tiller Jay Baxter was planning on conducting a cover crop experiment with oats, but when Mother Nature got in the way, he quickly pivoted to another idea for a different type of cover crop experiment.

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