The next generation of stewards of the land

Soil health field day yields fresh insights for farmers 
 

  • USDA NRCS State Soil Health Specialist Aaron Hird gives a practical demonstration at the field day event. The demonstration shows the soil structure of samples from no-till and conventionally tilled fields.
    USDA NRCS State Soil Health Specialist Aaron Hird gives a practical demonstration at the field day event. The demonstration shows the soil structure of samples from no-till and conventionally tilled fields.
When input costs went through the roof in 2021 and 2022, Fillmore County farmer Jordan Uldrich decided that he needed a better strategy for fertilizer and weed management—one that wasn’t going to break the bank, but that would still be effective. The following winter, “I got my PhD on YouTube,” he joked. He watched hundreds of videos on soil health and decided to give cover crops a try on some of…

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