The Land Stewardship Project’s Soil Builders’ Network is developing a series of short videos highlighting how farmers are utilizing cover crops, rotational grazing, diverse crop rotations, and no-till to build soil health in economically viable ways. We will be adding videos to this page as they are produced. Here’s what we have so far:
• Test Results of LSP’s On-farm Johnson-Su Composting Research
• Composting with Johnson-Su Bioreactors with Doug Nopar
• What does Healthy Soil Look Like? Water Infiltration Test & Comparison
• Direct Marketing: How to Market to Your Ideal Customer & Manage Your Limited Time
• Grass Based Meat Marketing: Fostering Connection in a Digital World, with Leslie Svacina of Cylon Rolling Acres
• Benefits of Soil Health with Farmer Rory Beyer
• Grazing & Soil Structure: The Connection Between Cattle & Water Infiltration, with Mark Erickson
• Climate Change Solutions Start with Farmers, with Rory Beyer
• Music Videos: In 2020, LSP commissioned Minnesota musician Bret Hesla to write and perform a couple of music videos that sing the praises of building soil health. Check out “Got Cover Crops” and “Back to Soil.” Listen to “Got Cover Crops” here, and “Back to Soil” here.
• Next Generation Farmer: Moving Cattle, Making Fence, Building Soil, with Abby Steinfeldt
• No-Till & Cover Crops with Farmer Rod Nelson
• Soil Health & the Next Generation, with John Snyder
• Planning for the Future, with Mike Krause
• Your Biggest Asset is Your Soil, with Dan Miller
• The Slake Test Doesn’t Lie: Farming, Flexibility & Soil Health, with Adam and Amanda Bedtke
• How Composting Builds Soil Health on One Minnesota Crop Farm, with Olaf Johnson
• Slake Test Shows the Power of Soil Health on the Rupprecht Farm
• How Robb Miller Uses Triticale as Soil Armor & Cattle Feed
• Planting Green with Farmer Curt Tvedt
• Soil Health Practices for a Changing Climate, with Martin Larsen
• Farmers Talk About Climate Change
• How Do We Stop Erosion? with TJ Kartes
• Cover Crops & Tile Lines, with TJ Kartes
• Seeding Cover Crops, with Tom Pyfferoen
• Multi-Species Cover Crop Mixes, with TJ Kartes
• Grazing Cover Crops, with Kaleb Anderson
• Conservation on a Dime, with Ed McNamara
• Cover Crops and Tile Lines, with TJ Kartes
• Putting on LSP Soil Health Workshops
No-till Videos
• Myron Sylling discusses lessons learned while planting green into cover crops.
• Myron Sylling discusses the benefits of planting green into cover crops.
• Myron Sylling discusses how-to plant into standing rye.
• Myron Sylling describes his no-till planter set-up.