Matt Tiffany kneels in a field of rye in early April. Behind him is the barn and silos he keeps in memory of his grandpa, a farmer unafraid of trying something different. Following suit, Tiffany has implemented cover crops, farmable terraces and other practices on his Minnesota operation to make farming more efficient and profitable.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
Crop residue and sprouting cover crops are seen in a field on the Tiffany farm in early April.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
Matt Tiffany examines the residue in a no-till field. He started growing cover crops and reducing tillage on his Minnesota farm to reduce wind erosion.
Matt Tiffany remembers back to a particularly windy spring in 2012. With farmers unable to plant some areas until June, road ditches gathered drifts of soil blown from the bare fields.
Matt Tiffany examines the residue in a no-till field. He started growing cover crops and reducing tillage on his Minnesota farm to reduce wind erosion.
A cover of rye grows in a Tiffany field near Redwood Falls, Minn., in early April. Matt Tiffany grows rye for seed. He got into cover cropping to keep top soil from blowing away with spring winds.
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.
Farmers are choosing not to plant their fields to cash crops that require high dollar inputs and bring ever smaller returns. Instead, they’re …
Matt Tiffany kneels in a field of rye in early April. Behind him is the barn and silos he keeps in memory of his grandpa, a farmer unafraid of trying something different. Following suit, Tiffany has implemented cover crops, farmable terraces and other practices on his Minnesota operation to make farming more efficient and profitable.
Matt Tiffany examines the residue in a no-till field. He started growing cover crops and reducing tillage on his Minnesota farm to reduce wind erosion.
Matt Tiffany examines the residue in a no-till field. He started growing cover crops and reducing tillage on his Minnesota farm to reduce wind erosion.
A cover of rye grows in a Tiffany field near Redwood Falls, Minn., in early April. Matt Tiffany grows rye for seed. He got into cover cropping to keep top soil from blowing away with spring winds.
