The State of Soil Conservation — Cover Crops, No-Till, Strip-Till & More

About this episode

A panel discussion on the state of soil conservation featuring experts in conservation agriculture.

In today’s episode of the podcast, brought to you by the National Strip-Tillage Conference, listen to a panel discussion on the state of soil conservation from the most recent Conservation in Action Tour that took place earlier this month in Sioux Falls, S.D. The panel is moderated by Lessiter Media’s own Mike Lessiter, and features manager of agronomy for Ducks Unlimited Brian Chatham, president of Field To Market Carrie Vollmer-Sanders as well as South Dakota grower and agronomist Brian Hefty. The discussion covers several hot topics in the world of conservation agriculture including cover crops, no-till, strip-till and much more.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Lessiter

Guests: Brian Chatham, Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, Brian Hefty

Topics covered

• soil conservation
• cover crops
• no-till
• strip-till
• conservation agriculture

Keywords

• soil conservation
• cover crops
• no-till
• strip-till
• agronomy
• Conservation in Action Tour

Sponsors

National Strip-Tillage Conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ducks Unlimited, Field To Market

Places: Sioux Falls, S.D.

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