Cafe Chat: No-Till and Cover Crops

Could implementing practices like cover crops and no-till on your farm work for you and your bottom line? What if you could get paid to do it?

Enjoy a meal and conversation with area farmers and your Soil Water Conservation District on Thursday, August 8 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Duffy’s in Redwood Falls. Lunch is on us!

Phil and Robin Smith (Renville County) will share their experience in transitioning the family farm to no-till corn, soybeans, winter cereal rye, and year-round cover crops.

Renville and Redwood Counties’ Soil Water Conservation District staff will also present a unique opportunity for farmers in participating counties (including Renville and Redwood) to receive $100 per acre or animal unit to implement common conservation practices through the Alliance to Advance Climate Smart Agriculture Pilot program.

Applications for this program are open July 15-August 16, 2024, so this is a great time to get the scoop. There will be plenty of time for discussion. Bring your questions and an appetite!

Click here to learn more about the pilot program.

Registration: Registration and lunch are free, and walkups are welcome.

Address: Duffy’s Riverside Saloon – 110 Front Street Redwood Falls, MN 56283

SFA staff and volunteers occasionally take photos during our workshops, cafe chats and field days for promotional purposes and to use as documentation of events to share with our funders.  If you do not wish to be photographed, please let our event host know — we’ll make every effort to make sure you are not photographed.