Hannah Voye, who graduated from SDSU in May 2025 with a master’s degree in plant science, talks about her research on soil tarping at an SDSU Extension event (SDSU Extension)

SDSU provides updated recommendations on soil tarping

AI concept. 3D render. (iStock │ #1495819409 - BlackJack3D)
Corn growing in a field planted with no tillage with cover crop residue between the rows. (Adobe Stock │ #355713182 - Margaret Burlingham)
In Hill County Texas, John and Natasha Sawyer have embraced a new era of farming. (Adele Swearingen - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Sawyer Farms: A legacy of conservation and a future of sustainability

  • By Adele Swearingen │ - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Black and White portrait of a farmer plowing a field using a team of horses. Circa 1890. (iStock │ #1457422276 - bauhaus1000)
Cows (File photo by Linda Geist- University of Missouri Extension)

Why rotational grazing isn’t working

Cattle - forage (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin.)
Looking down a corn row in a no-till planted field. (Adobe Stock │ #114167847- Margaret Burlingham)