MENOKEN, N.D. – On a windy, humid day Aug. 7, farmers, ranchers and others gathered in the Alex Frasier field of replant soybeans interseeded with specific cover crops to see why Frasier has been so successful with keeping weeds suppressed, inputs low, and yields high during the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District’s Menoken Farm’s ‘Crops, Covers & Cows’ field day.
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Shadlynn Severance, an intern with Menoken Farm and Ducks Unlimited, helped prepare for the “Crops, Covers & Cows” event hosted by Burleigh County Soil Conservation District at Menoken Farm.
Alex Frasier, agronomist in Faulkton, S.D., second from left, talks about his soybean cover crop rotation for soil health at BCSCD Menoken Farm. At left, Seth Boechler, Menoken Farm manager, said they have soil probes inserted in the soil that tells them how much moisture is in the field, along with other measurements.
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