Erosion gives and erosion takes away in the dune-like hills of the Palouse region. Created by soils blown in from the Southwest, the silty hills that loom over and dramatically break away to the Clearwater and Snake Rivers are highly vulnerable to erosion themselves.

Three no-tillers were honored for their responsible approach to their on-farm fertility practices at the 2016 National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis earlier this year.