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Mixing Herbicide and Cover Crops: Look before You Leap

July 18, 2017 Blog

herbicide, cover crop

Anyone who has kept up with us at Merit or Myth knows that there is a growing list of benefits that are associated with cover crops. From reducing runoff and erosion to increasing organic matter and suppressing weed emergence, it seems more research comes out every year proving the merit of this practice. As with…

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Erosion: One of the Greatest Issues Facing American Soils

July 6, 2017 Blog

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There are many issues facing the modern-day farmer, though most of them are nothing that new. After all, nature has always kept us on our toes in the form of drought, flood, and other extreme events. You would think that with technological advances and increased agricultural acumen, however, we would have taken steps towards reducing…

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The Economic Effects of Biodiversity

June 6, 2017 Blog

Economic Effects Biodiversity

Extinction is a perfectly normal part of nature. Scientists of all backgrounds, belief systems and areas of study can agree on this. What is often overlooked, however, is the potential cost of extinction – whether within a single ecosystem or multiple. Still, no one plays a larger role when it comes to the loss or…

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Earthworms: Slimy, Dirty… and a Farmer’s Best Friend?

May 18, 2017 Blog

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Pop quiz: What farming practice prepares the land for growing crops through the digging and stirring of soil? If all of us were posed this question, I’m just about certain we’d all be screaming the (conventional) answer: conventional tillage. In a way, we’d be right on the money, but there’s also another acceptable answer: earthworms….

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Direct Experience: The Greatest Teacher of Soil Health

May 7, 2017 Blog

Direct Experience of Soil Health

In our last blog, we discussed the often-overlooked value of soil health and living soils. What is that value? Well, it all starts with… actually, don’t worry about it. While the evidence in support of regenerative farming (a philosophy and set of practices that drive soil health/biology forward) seems to be growing, it probably doesn’t do…

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The Benefits of Armoring Your Soil, Water Irrigation, and MORE!

April 20, 2017 Blog

Armoring Soil and Water Irrigation

Soil is precious. This reality often gets lost in translation, but in truth, it is the core message of regenerative farming. Still, many of our actions within the ag industry seem to act in opposition to this truth. Of course, this is always to our own detriment. So how vital is soil exactly? Well, in…

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The Potential in Community Farming, Paddock Grazing, and MORE!

March 8, 2017 Blog

Community Learning

Picture this: A proactive community of open-minded producers joining forces for the greater good. With all of them together, they work to increase yields and soil health, and gain a better understanding of their livelihoods. If such a community existed, would you be interested? It may seem “pie in the sky”, but one state down,…

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Conventional vs Regenerative Farming: The Bottom Line

February 23, 2017 Blog

Regardless of where you conduct your farming operation, the notion of changing your methods can be daunting. We at Merit or Myth have seen this time and time again firsthand. The deeper we dig into the S.D. farming community (and the farming community at large), the more we see a fundamental truth that defines what…

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Life Below Ground: The Beauty of Natural Systems

February 3, 2017 Blog

South Dakota Soils

Being fairly new to the world of soil health, I’ve been introduced to a variety of interesting terms and sayings over the past year. Some of these words and adages were fairly self-explanatory… others sounded more like Greek to me. Of the latter, none were more perplexing than this head scratcher: “Mycorrhizae, superhighways of the…

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Harvesting Data: The Search for Truth in Your Operation

January 28, 2017 Blog

Not getting the outcome we feel we deserve can be extremely disheartening in any walk of life. Nobody knows this truth more than farmers who pour their blood, sweat, and tears into their craft year round. If we aren’t getting the results we’re looking for, it’s often human nature to assume that something needs to…

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