We are primarily a corn/soybean row crop operation utilizing cover crop on all acres. We have a cow/calf herd that grazes crop stubble between crop seasons. We do not use any pre-emergence herbicides and have reduced post-emergence herbicide and fertilizer rates. We started the latest chapter in our journey by converting to strip-till and adding cover crop in 2017. We Read more...

Peter started with cereal rye after sugar beets and transitioned 100% of operation to strop till in 2015 after learning about soil health, soil structure, and water infiltration. He saw very noticeable soil structure improvement within two years. Due to improvements in soil structure, carry heavy equipment much better and soybean yields have greatly improved with less tillage. Use of Read more...

I have a passion for farming and have been involved in it my whole life. I also have a background in farm business management. I love to learn and do all I can to invest into the business, while helping others around me achieve success. Most of our farm is corn and soybeans with a few acres of alfalfa and Read more...

kruser1980@gmail.com Our family farm currently utilizes strip till, no-till, cover crops, reduced and prescription fertilizer and herbicide application. We rotational graze our cow/calf beef herd. Our confinement hog finishing manure is tested and injected using strip till unites mounted on our liquid manure tank. We have two creeks, a lake, an open drainage ditch, and over 220 acres of woodland, Read more...

bhilbertfarms@gmail.com My wife Jodie and I farm 600 acres in a corn-soybean rotation near Franklin MN. We tried our first cover crops in 2016 and transitioned acres to no-till with cover crops over the next 2 years. We are 100% converted now and working to improve diversity with early interseeded mixes in corn and a mix following soybeans. We plant Read more...

myronsyl@gmail.com Myron has over 25 years of no till experience, including set up of equipment and as well as which options are available. He also has 10 years of experience with cover crops including plane, frost seed, and drilling after harvest. In addition, Myron has more than 10 years of experience with nutrient reduction/efficiency, GPS application and analysis, participation with Read more...

lance.klessig@gmail.com As a regenerative agriculture advocate, Lance enthusiastically works alongside Midwest farmers who are implementing the soil health principles on their farms. Lance enjoys helping farmers be more profitable while improving their soils and communities. He is a Certified Crop Advisor and has spent much of his career helping people understand how soils, plants, livestock and our precious water resources Read more...

mseifert@mnsoilhealth.org Michael currently operates a 100 acre conventional crop farm located just south of Jordan, MN.  He farms alongside his father and together comprise the 3rd and 4th generations of our family who have made a life on this little corner of the world. About 70 acres of the farm is in cropland, with the balance being pasture, wetland, and Read more...

bnere@mnsoilhealth.org Brad farms with his daughter and son-in-law on their farm, Horizon Farms, in Renville County.  They strip till all of their corn and apply nitrogen in the spring, going on with the planter and is side dressed.  Cover crops are planted at side dressing, if needed they Y drop at tassel as well.  Soybeans are all no-tilled and cover Read more...

mtabert@mnsoilhealth.org Benjamin & Mikayla raise corn, soybeans, wheat, peola (field peas and canola intercrop), sunflowers, tall fescue (turf seed), hay (mostly alfalfa), and rye for cover crop seed.  They work to integrate cover crops on almost every acre every year.   They interseed covers into corn and sunflowers and trying it on soybeans and plant diverse mixes as much as possible Read more...