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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...
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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 corn with sunflowers and trying it on soybeans and plant diverse mixes as much as possible following the Read more...
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gbreitkreutz@mnsoilhealth.org Grant & Dawn Breitkreutz run Stoney Creek Farm along the bluff of the Minnesota River near Redwood Falls, MN. Over the past 20 years, they have converted a conventional crop and cow/calf operation into a multi-enterprise regenerative family business. Their crops have changed from a corn and soybean rotation to at least a three-crop rotation, with covercrops incorporated whenever Read more...
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jlabat@mnsoilhealth.org I grew up on a diversified grain and livestock farm located in Lyon County, MN that historically practiced conservation tillage. I work full time off the farm and raise wheat, oats, corn, soybeans, and hay over the years. I recently began using cereal rye and other cover crops on my row crop and small grain acres and will be Read more...
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estelling@mnsoilhealth.org I farm with my father and brother in and around Osakis, MN. We currently operate around 1500 acres consisting of corn, beans, alfalfa, and some small grains. Approximately 160 acres of our operation is certified organic. Three years ago we got out of dairy and now finish feeder cattle. We are in our second year of strip tilling and Read more...
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tfick@mnsoilhealth.org My name is Tom Fick and I live on and operate the family farm I grew up on near Luverne. I raise corn, soybeans, oats & rye in a rotation on my farm. I also raise alfalfa and grass, which I bale into small square bales for the horse & hobby farmer market. I started incorporating cover crops into Read more...
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bdwire@mnsoilhealth.org We farm in both Lincoln and Lyon counties, near Arco, MN. My wife Kristi is a pharmacist, and I farm full time. Kristi and I are both graduates of South Dakota State University. We have two daughters, Sara and Madison, who are both in elementary school. We farm about 650 acres of cropland, and 150 acres of hay and Read more...
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cschmidt@mnsoilhealth.org I farm in Murray county, near Garvin, MN. I am a graduate of Pine Technical College. I have four children: Brad, Jordan, Taylor and Lane, of which three are grown, pursuing or working in the agricultural field and the medical field with one of high school age. After 18 yrs of being in the construction industry and the “Green” Read more...
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bpfarr@mnsoilhealth.org Brian was on the steering committee that helped shaped the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition and is also the Chair of the Board. Brian grew up farming with his father in Redwood County and always knew he wanted to continue the family farm. Brian and his father Bill, raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and rotationally graze cattle. Brian started experimenting with Read more...
