Corn Belt Cover Crop Selection

Although cover cropping is certainly not by any means a new farming technique, it had been largely abandoned by the majority of the farming industry for quite some time. Now with the resurgence of conservation agriculture, we are seeing much more attention given to the topic than in previous years. While this is very exciting […]

Eyes in the Sky: Using Remote Sensing to Help Measure Soil Carbon

In a previous Ag Carbon Knowledge Hub article, entitled “Trust in the Progress,” we described how our third-party vendors physically collect soil samples to monitor soil organic carbon (SOC) stock changes on our grower farm and ranch fields. This article focuses on how we assign individual sampling locations to each field. Since it is not […]

Enhanced Winter Pasture Care

Winter ranching involves unique challenges. Sometimes, it takes a great deal of effort to just keep livestock fed, watered, healthy, and warm. . Despite weather obstacles, winter  presents several opportunities to enhance soil management practices. Winter is often underestimated for range and pasture improvements. Explore strategies like forage caching, supplemental feeding, and bale grazing to […]