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The Grow Down on Soil Health
Welcome to “The Grow Down on Soil Health” podcast, where we dive deep into sustainable farming practices designed to enhance both your land and your bottom line. Join host Ben West, Ph.D., executive director of Farmers for Soil Health, and a diverse lineup of guests from various agricultural backgrounds as they share entertaining stories, invaluable soil health management techniques, and the incredible benefits cover crops can bring to your farm.
Soil Health Monitoring: Like Maintaining Your Equipment
Just like you perform regular maintenance on your tractor to keep it running well and catch problems early, your soil needs regular testing to assess its condition and maintain productivity and profitability. Check out this fact sheet from the Soil Health Institute to learn more.
Cover Crops and Soil Biology – The Clyde Burchett Way
Clyde Burchett, owner of Burchett Seed Service, has spent over 35 years in agriculture, with two decades working in plant breeding, agronomy, and sales before starting his own company with his son. He’s seen firsthand how soil health practices, like cover crops, can benefit farmers, their land, and their profitability. Hear Clyde discuss how cover crops can be a powerful tool in your pest management and soil health systems.
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Theory vs Practice in Soil Health with Frank Rademacher
Farmer and agronomist Frank Rademacher joins this episode of Soil Sense to talk about what’s working on his farm in East Central Illinois, and the work he does as a conservation agronomist with The Nature Conservancy. Frank discusses the theory vs the practice when it comes to soil health, what has worked and what hasn’t worked on his farm, how they’ve arrived at some of their current practices, and a little bit on Frank’s work with retailers on behalf of The Nature Conservancy.
Tips and Considerations For Getting Started With Cover Crops
This article from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach discusses several tips and considerations that will help ease the transition to a cover cropping system for farmers and agronomists new to the practice.
Training Module: Cash Crop Planting Following a Cover Crop
In this training module, you will learn general factors affecting planting success for commodity crops following cover crops, approaches to planting when terminating early, an overview and benefits of “planting green” into a living cover crop, and management tips for planting green.
Trying Cover Crops – The Neal Bredehoeft Way
Neal Bredehoeft wears many hats in the agriculture industry. He has run his family’s century-old farm, Bredehoeft Farms Inc., in Alma, Missouri, with his two brothers and nephew since returning in the 1970s. He also currently serves on the United Soybean Board and the farmer advisory board for Farmers for Soil Health.
His operation has incorporated soil health practices since the mid-1950s, when his father implemented terracing. Hear Neal’s experience using cover crops as a tool to manage soil erosion, boost soil organic matter and improve his soil’s health.