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“Cover Crop Chats” With SDSHC Directors 7/3
Join us this Friday, July 3rd, for a chance to chat all things cover crops with a few of our very own SDSHC Directors! Pre-registration is required to gain access to the Zoom Meeting and the flyer above contains details on how to do so. This is the last of our...
“Cover Crop Chats” With SDSHC Directors 6/26
Join us this Friday, June 26th, for a chance to chat all things cover crops with a few of our very own SDSHC Directors! Pre-registration is required to gain access to the Zoom Meeting. The flyer above includes details on how to join us, the next discussion is...
“Cover Crop Chats” With SDSHC Directors 6/19
Join us this Friday, June 19th, for a chance to chat all things cover crops with a few of our very own SDSHC Directors! Pre-registration is required to gain access to the Zoom Meeting. The flyer above includes details on how to join us, keep an eye out for upcoming...
Grazing Livestock on Cover Crops Improves Soil Health & Quality of Life
The 2016 drought forced Shawn Freeland to make a difficult decision. “I sold two-thirds of our replacement heifers. It was the hardest thing to do because we had put a tremendous amount of work into their genetics,” says the 45-year-old Caputa, S.D. rancher. He based...
Keeping It Interesting: SD Farmers Test Interseeding & Other Soil Health Practices
David Kruger and Todd Boesen don’t know each other. But these two South Dakota farmers share a desire to test out practices on their farms. “I guess I’m a tinkerer,” explains Boesen, a Kimball crop and cattle producer. “It’s fun to try things out. If I hear it won’t...
Weathering The Storms of 2019, Results Seen This Planting Season
Soil health practices help fields hold up in wet conditions Levi Goetz was leery rolling into the field to plant corn after a 2-inch rain, but it was already mid-May. Time was starting to run out. It turned out he had nothing to worry about. He had to steer around a...
Vacancy Announcement: Communications Coordinator Assigned To South Dakota Soil Health Coalition
OVERVIEW: If you're looking for an opportunity that ties your skills for creating compelling communications with your passion for agriculture and conservation, consider the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition (SDSHC) Communication Coordinator position. Our vision is a...
Resiliency In The Face Of Extreme Weather, Major Stress
Soil health producer says his way of management helps him in difficult times The record wet year in 2019 left many acres in South Dakota unsuitable for planting, but on Doug Sieck's cropland near Selby, South Dakota, he was able to plant every acre he wanted to. He...