A soil health discovery that the Cotter family made decades ago set them on the path to becoming Minnesota’s 2025 Leopold Conservation Award recipient.

Michael Thompson walks the same Kansas fields his great-great-grandfather broke in 1888, but his vision reaches far beyond tradition.

Spring-seeded alfalfa fields are especially vulnerable to erosion. New field trials in southern Wisconsin suggest a promising solution: establishing alfalfa into a green, growing cover crop.

See how three farmers are rethinking corn silage with early interseeding strategies.

South of Edmonton, Alberta, in Leduc County, Dieter Gagelmans works to fulfill his dream of owning his own dairy farm. His story is one of hard work and dedication, not unlike others in the industry, though his differs slightly from most.

Regenerative agriculture is about farming and ranching in a way that supports people, the environment and soil health by employing specific practices that vary from one region to another.

At Ladd Wahlen Farms, it begins with roots (small r) and ends with Roots (capital R).

Manure is a gift and a curse for dairy farmers. It becomes the dark cloud for dairy operations, being the source of time constraints, nutrient runoff and financial strains. Finding methods and approaches that bring consistency and flexibility to applications is often hard to find. That was, until conservation agriculture.

For some farms, innovation means introducing conservation practices ahead of the curve. For others, it may look like growing crops outside the “normal” local rotation. Elsewhere, it may mean introducing cutting-edge technology. At Uhlorn Family Farms of Ferdinand, all three are at play.

“Everyone knows what these practices are. Many farmers are doing them already,” says Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, professor of entomology at the UI and a project lead for the Innovative Agriculture and Marketing Partnership (IAMP).