A first-ever workshop brought landowners into the farm shop to hear why no-tillers should get extra consideration – beyond just a figure on a rent check.
Last week, I headed east to Brownsburg, Ind. (just west of Indianapolis) to attend a first-ever gathering at Starkey Farms dubbed “Conversations about Conservation” that was held exclusively for a non-farming, landowner audience.
Aquatic Ecologist with the Nature Conservancy, Krista Kirkham shares her thoughts attending the first Conversations about Conservation workshop in Brownsburg, Ind.
Mike Dunn,
Indiana Director of Freshwater Conservation Programs with the Nature Conservancy spoke at the first Conversations about Conservation workshop where he explained the importance of farmers and landowners working together to steward the land being farmed.
No-Till Innovator Mike Starkey recently hosted the first Conversations About Conservation workshop at his Brownsburg, Ind. farm and talked about the cuts taking place at federal departments, including the USDA and NRCS.
Lessiter shares personal takeaways at the annual conference that pushes men to take stock of their lives – in business and in the home – and ‘to show up, step up & grow up.’
Lessiter shares personal takeaways at the annual conference that pushes men to take stock of their lives – in business and in the home – and ‘to show up, step up & grow up.’
You don’t normally see many blogs from me, but we just unpacked the truck from last week’s 33rd Annual National No-Tillage Conference (NNTC) and I was “moved” by our unusual week on the road.
During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers to help spread the message on sustainable agriculture.
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Franck Groeneweg, who no-tills a variety of crops on more than 12,000 acres near Three Forks, Mont., shares how his massive Johnson-Su bioreactor system allows him to apply compost extract in furrow during planting season.
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