A View From the Field: ‘Everything Is Probably Going To Be All Right’

By Kasandra Brown Editor’s Note: Kasandra Brown attended SFA’s “Dirt Rich: Building Soil Health Experts” events held Aug. 16-17 in Redwood Falls and Marshall, Minn. She submitted this column in reaction to her experiences at those SFA events.  Standing on the sweltering edge of a nearly full grown corn field, sweat bees relentlessly buzzing against…

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Cover Crops a Tool With Huge Potential – When Used Properly

By Kent Solberg • SFA Livestock & Grazing Specialist It’s encouraging that the Star Tribune, Minnesota’s largest news outlet, is plastering cover crops across the front page of the business section like in this recent article. Cover crops are a tremendous tool to move agriculture toward healthy soils. However, cover crops are simply that –…

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