Items Tagged with 'Nick Jorgensen'

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Diverse Crop Rotation Improves Soil Biology

October 20, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Agricultural producers often base their land management decisions on the living things they can see above the ground – crops, livestock, forage, weeds, insects, wildlife, etc. However, new research is showing they should also consider life found in the soil.

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35 Years of No-Till Savings

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 4, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

AT 29 YEARS OF AGE, Nick Jorgensen has never operated any tillage equipment. Inspired by the native prairie system in south central South Dakota, his family began implementing no-till practices in the 1980s that are now helping them dramatically trim costs.

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Jorgensen Economics Case Study: Part 5

January 24, 2018 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: USDA NRCS South Dakota

Ideal, S.D., no-tillers Nick and Bryan Jorgensen discuss how they’ve built up organic matter levels over the years Jorgensen Land & Cattle, and how that relates to nutrient availability for their crops and their operation’s overall bottom line.

Economics: Jorgensen Land & Cattle Case Study, Part 3 of 5

December 13, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Nick and Bryan Jorgensen discuss how much money per acre they’ve saved on fertilizer by relying on a diverse rotation, no-till practices, cover crops and livestock integration as they try as far as possible to imitate some of the processes on the Native Prairie.

Economics: Jorgensen Land & Cattle Case Study, Part 2 of 5

November 21, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

This is the second in a five-part series from the South Dakota NRCS on the financial side of soil health and the particulars that apply to the Jorgensen Land & Cattle operation in Ideal, S.D. Here, Nick Jorgensen provides a simple calculation related to equipment costs based on what Jorgensen land and cattle may have done 30 years ago in a wheat-fallow system compared to today.

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Sustainable Agriculture Summit Shines Light on No-Till, Strip Till & Cover Crops

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.

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