LeeAnne Bulman
For Agri View
SPRING GROVE, Minn. – Twenty years ago when Myron Sylling was looking for a solution to erosion on his hilly farm his search led him to try no-tilling his crops. From there he progressed to the use of cover crops. Now he’s using green cover crops on his 1,400 acres in Houston County of southeastern Minnesota.
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