“He was light years ahead of other people,” Mike Crosley said. “I’m trying to do it just like him.”
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Raised in small town South Dakota, Janelle is enjoying her work as editor of Tri-State Neighbor and Midwest Messenger while raising kids, chickens and no till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
Managing an around-the-clock silage harvesting operation has Crop Watcher Megan Horsager getting very little sleep lately.
Crops around Montevideo, Minnesota, were maturing quickly, and for Megan Horsager’s haying crew, that meant preparing for a quick turnaround f…
“We are interested in how these farmers are making the transition and how this changes the soil, water infiltration, biodiversity in plants, insects and birds."
Soil tests had recommended he apply amounts of phosphorus and lime that would have added up to five figures, he said. In reality, plenty of phosphorus and calcium was already there.
Britni Ross, Philip, South Dakota, was named the Woman Farmer of the Year at the Dakotafest farm show in Mitchell, Aug. 20.
U.S. Senators from South Dakota and Minnesota are backing legislation that would add up to 20 million acres of grazing lands by seeding marginal cropland to grass.
“We were looking at some pretty significant tip back on dryland,” Milligan farmer Jordan Uldrich said, estimating that drought stress would prevent 25-40% of kernels from filling.
From a blueprint of a hulking machine straight out of the Industrial Revolution to a tabletop display, Edgar Husman’s hobby has him recreating…