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Soil health school

Twin Brooks, South Dakota, farmer David Kruger explained how he earns more profit per acre by using a corn-soybean-wheat crop in no-till fields compared to a corn-soybean rotation in conventionally tilled fields at the 2025 Soil Health Conference in Watertown, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.)
Central Region, Soil Health, South Dakota

Regenerative ag can grow the bottom line

Implementing regenerative ag practices can help growers build their bottom line as South Dakotans among those who were adopters. Read More

A crowd gathers around the USDA NRCS live rainfall simulator which demonstrates the outcome of different soil health practices, led by Nathan Meuller, USDA NRCS state soil health specialist, at the WCREEC Water, Crops and Soil Health Field Day on Sept. 5. (Photo by Bijesh Maharjan)
Central Region, Nebraska, Regional Roundup, Soil Health

Nebraska soil health school: an accomplishment of goals through collaboration

Soil moisture is defined as the ratio of the volume of water to the volume of soil. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Central Region, Regional Roundup, Soil Health, South Dakota

Soil Health School set in South Dakota

South Dakota Soil Health Coalition board chairman Shawn Freeland leads a cover crop grazing exercise during the 2023 Soil Health School. Freeland will host the 2024 West River Soil Health School, June 26 to 27, at his Dry Creek Beef Farm and Ranch near Caputa, South Dakota. (Courtesy photo.)

Coalition plans additional Soil Health School for West River

  • June 7, 2024
  • By Stan Wise

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