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Revamped program offers one-year contract for cover crops

Sue Roesler
Jun 12, 2026
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Cover crops are left tall in the fields for livestock to graze at Dickinson Research Extension Center. The Farmers for Soil Health program is now taking applications after a period of non-activity last year.

Cattle grazing tall cover crops last fall at Dickinson Research Extension Center. Farmers who have corn, soybean or wheat crops now qualify for the Farmers for Soil Health cover crop program and can contact Alexis Correia at DREC for more information.

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Sue Roesler

DICKINSON, N.D. – Recent changes to the Farmers for Soil Health program, a corn, soybean and pork commodity group program, are giving cover crops and cost sharing a second look.

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