RUSHFORD, Minn. — A special Land Stewardship Project workshop on how conventional and organic farmers can utilize the roller-crimper to build soil health and suppress weeds will be held Thursday, March 7, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rushford (103 N. Mill Street). During the workshop, Dr. Erin Silva of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and… Read More →
Farmer Bob Mierau describes how his drive to do “organic no-till” depends on boosting and supporting his soil’s bug life.
A southeastern Minnesota farmer’s drive to plant cover crops takes him out onto the snow and into new soil health territory.
A young farmer’s evolving view of livestock allows him to make a direct connection between profitability and soil health.
STARBUCK, Minn. — Do you want to get a firsthand look at how one Pope County farm is utilizing rotational grazing of pastures and cover crops to produce livestock? There will be a field day and pasture walk on Thursday, Aug. 10, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Shane and Jessica Blair’s Fire… Read More →
President Trump’s Budget Includes Needed Reforms to Crop Insurance, but Lacks Investment in Rural Communities & the Land President Donald Trump’s proposed agriculture budget contains good and bad news for rural America. The good news is it moves forward positive reform on crop insurance. The bad news is it cuts many critical supports for rural… Read More →
LSP experiments with a new test that provides deeper insights into soil’s productive potential.
An Indiana farmer describes his experience with cover cropping and how it fits into a bigger goal of improving his land’s soil health (part 3 of 3).
A farmer works with a professor and her students at a local college to study the impacts of cropping on soil health.
NRCS soil health evangelist Ray Archuleta shares his passion for “farming in nature’s image.”
