Talk to someone who’s done it before. Try a little. Experiment.
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Derek Woodke farms near Morris, Minn.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Jennifer Hahn examines soil in a tilled demonstration field.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Gregg Stoen says he started small switching to conservation tillage on his family farm near Lowry, Minn.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Mark Chase uses vertical and strip tillage on his Big Stone County, Minnesota, farm.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Field day participants compare ground plowed by a disc and other tillage implements.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Field day participants compare ground plowed by a strip till machine and more aggressive tillage implements.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Jennifer Hahn sifts through tillage-disturbed soil.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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A demonstration field near Morris, Minn., allowed field day participants to compare ground plowed by everything from a moldboard plow to a strip till machine.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net .
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