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Soil Builder Videos

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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

• Grass Based Meat Marketing: Building Relationships and Running a Business, with Rachelle Meyer of Wholesome Family Farms

• Grass Based Meat Marketing: Raising and Selling an Exceptionally Good Product, with Mike Rupprecht of Earth-Be-Glad Farm

• 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.

 

 

Contact LSP’s
Soil Health Team

• Alex Romano, grazing,
612-767-9880, e-mail

• Robin Moore, non-operating landowners,
612-767-9480, e-mail

Upcoming Events

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August 2025

Friday August 8

4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Roots & Rotation Grazing Field Day
Friday August 8
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Roots & Rotation Grazing Field Day
10470 190th St, Park Rapids, MN 56470, USA

Roots and Rotation is a summer field day series happening across Minnesota. These field days will discuss the use of livestock for soil health goals in different agricultural systems. 
 
Learn about the benefits of integrating livestock onto cropland and how to make it work on your operation. Hear from experienced farmers and Extension educators specializing in crops, livestock, and soil health. These events are for producers looking to elevate their cropland soil health and increase their forage resources. 

For more information and to register, see the Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Association website.

4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Sunflower Social Farmer Gathering
Friday August 8
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Sunflower Social Farmer Gathering
22955 570th Ave, Austin, MN 55912, USA

Members of the Land Stewardship Project’s Austin Area Soil Health Hub are hosting a sunflower social on Tom and Kim Finnegan’s farm Friday, Aug. 8, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event will be open to all area farmers. Meet members of this peer-to-peer farmer group, see the beautiful sunflower fields, and learn about diversification.  

Farming should include a trusted network that ensures we are all successful. How could having a network of farmers that provide support, resources, and comradery impact your farm? 

On Aug. 8, gather with area farmers who are invested in soil health and sustainable practices, and are committed to learning from each other. Join us for an evening on the Finnegan farm for a hay ride around the sunflower fields and to learn more about their diversified farm. There will be a supper and lots of time to connect with farmers in the area.

RSVP here. 

Thursday August 14

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LSA-COPAL Ice Cream Social/Reunión de Helados!
Thursday August 14
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LSA-COPAL Ice Cream Social/Reunión de Helados!
Sauk River Park, 206 5th Ave NE, Melrose, MN 56352, USA

Land Stewardship Action (the Land Stewardship Project’s partner organization) and COPAL (Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action) invite you to an ice cream social at Sauk River Park in Melrose on Thursday, August 14. There will be sweet treats and opportunities to connect with those in your community, many of whom you might not know yet. This is a time to come together over our shared vision for a better future rooted in community, diversity, fairness, health, and democracy.

If you’re able, please register ahead of time through the link below so we can get an idea of numbers. Feel free to pass the invite on to others in the community as well — the more the merrier!

You can register here. 
 
For more information, contact Land Stewardship Action’s Emily Minge at eminge@landstewardshipproject.org.

Friday August 15

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Managed Grazing & Soil Health Field Day: Rush City
Friday August 15
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Managed Grazing & Soil Health Field Day: Rush City
10815 555th St, Rush City, MN 55069, USA

Join the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition at Jon Steven’s Maple Grove Farm for a field day focused on managed grazing and other methods to build the health of soils. Connect with other farmers and learn from the leaders in Minnesota on soil health. Featured speakers: Tom Cotter, Brady Wulf, Myron Sylling, and Joe Ailts. Free lunch by Maxwell’s Southern BBQ. Details are here.

Saturday August 16

12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Soil Health Master Class: Morris
Saturday August 16
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Soil Health Master Class: Morris
Old No 1 Bar & Grill, 412 Atlantic Ave, Morris, MN 56267, USA

Details are here.

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