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Why Choose Goats for Livestock? (Hall 6/6)

November 25, 2019 Video

Goats may seem like quite an odd choice for livestock. One South Dakota producer has found them to be the perfect soil health companions. Why? Hear what this producer has to say in his own words!

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Why Incorporate Livestock? (Hall 5/6)

November 19, 2019 Video

Producer Jesse Hall spent several years at SDSU working alongside researchers exploring soil health. Hear how one particular study opened his eyes about the benefits of livestock integration and why he decided to incorporate them in his operation.

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Avoiding Sidewall Compaction (Hall 4/6)

November 4, 2019 Video

‘Sidewall compaction’ is a term many may be unfamiliar with, but it can have dire effects on a producer’s yield. Sidewall compaction is the result of poor soil structure. It happens when planting occurs in wet, degraded soils that have often been subjected to tillage. This compaction prevents the roots from growing outward and the…

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Utilizing Multispecies Cover Crops (Hall 3/6)

October 28, 2019 Video

‘No-tilling beans into rye, you can’t believe the difference between that and going into straight corn stubble.’

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The Benefits of Crop Rotation (Hall 2/6)

October 22, 2019 Video

‘Within a three-year span my soybean yields probably went up 3-5 bushels an acre and corn 10-2. That’s been pretty consistent.’ The reason? Find out in our second video featuring Jesse Hall!

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Improving Soil Structure Nature’s Way (Hall 1/6)

October 8, 2019 Video

One of the first principles of soil health is to minimize disturbance. But why?   One of the biggest reasons: soil structure!   Hear how improved soil structure has helped producer Jesse Hall take his operation to the next level

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Building Organic Matter and Soil Resiliency (Stiefvater 3/3)

July 29, 2019 Video

Soil health: Mother Nature’s way of growing healthy crops!   ‘Since about 1988 we look back at the soil tests and we’ve just about doubled the organic matter level.’   Special thanks to Practical Farmers of Iowa for contributing footage and Jack Boyer and Fred Abels for lending their fields!

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SD Cropcast 04: Agronomist Kurt Dagel

July 22, 2019 Podcast

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Sustainable Farming in Extreme Conditions (Stiefvater 2/3)

July 9, 2019 Video

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Even if a farmer does everything right, Mother Nature doesn’t always cooperate. When we farm conventionally, these extreme weather conditions can often lead to a complete crop failure. But when we incorporate soil health principles, we start to conserve available nutrients and water and protect our soils against erosion. All of this leads to a…

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The Most Powerful Question in Agriculture

May 15, 2019 Blog

What does Mother Nature want? As farmers, we do a lot to fight her. If the soil is hard, we till it. If our crops have weeds, we spray them. If the land doesn’t have the right amount of nutrients, we inject them. This has been the way to farm for the past 50 years….

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