Fencing Made Easy: Grazing Corn Residue

Fencing Made Easy: Grazing Corn Residue

In this video SD Soil Health Coalition Board Member and Selby-area producer Doug Sieck explains how he easily places polywire fencing for grazing cattle in his corn residue during the winter!
Milpa Gardens Can Build Soil Health and Communities

Milpa Gardens Can Build Soil Health and Communities

By Stan Wise Sometimes a little chaos provides an opportunity for growth. That’s certainly the case with a chaos garden, also called a milpa garden. It’s a similar concept to the three sisters garden in which the three “sisters” of corn, beans and squash are planted...
Rancher Finds Benefits in Multi-species Grazing

Rancher Finds Benefits in Multi-species Grazing

By Stan Wise PIERRE, SD – Rick Smith didn’t set out to start a multi-species grazing operation when he took over his family’s farm southwest of Watertown, SD. With higher farm commodity prices in the 70s, he was growing more grain, but when the 1980s Farm Crisis...