NE Soil Health Coalition seeks to rebuild state’s topsoil

NSHC works to create awareness of situation beyond the ag community

  • Two friends of David Meyer pose on Nebraska farm land to illustrate the impact of erosion and topsoil loss over many years. “These two fields were once the same level across the field fence; it is a striking difference,” Meyer said. The man on the right stands on unplowed prairie while the man on the right stands on land that has been in pasture for the last 20 years, but previous to that had been row cropped.
    Two friends of David Meyer pose on Nebraska farm land to illustrate the impact of erosion and topsoil loss over many years. “These two fields were once the same level across the field fence; it is a striking difference,” Meyer said. The man on the right stands on unplowed prairie while the man on the right stands on land that has been in pasture for the last 20 years, but previous to that had been row cropped.
    Retired plant scientist and former Aurora resident Dr. David Meyer recently wrote an article as part of his work with the fledgling Nebraska Soil Health Coalition in which he told how he reminisces to his grandchildren about the Northeast Nebraska farm where he grew up in the 1960s. He said those conversations often start with the words “You should have seen...”“You should have seen t...

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