Making Cover Crops Work in the North Central States:An Introduction to Soil Health
Farmer Resource
Description: Featured speakers:
- Catie Geib, Wisconsin
- Julia Gerlach, South Dakota
- Jamie Johnson, a farmer in South Dakota
In this one-hour webinar, CTIC soil health specialists Catie Geib and Julia Gerlach introduce the Farmers for Soil Health (FSH) program and discuss on-farm cover crop strategies with South Dakota farmer Jamie Johnson. In this first-in-a-series webinar, you’ll learn about FSH cover crop incentives, discover resources for learning about cover benefits, hear a farmer’s perspective on successfully adopting cover crops, see a demonstration of how to sign up for the program, and more.
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