
Measuring Soil Quality (Soil Health Dynamic Duo, Part 2)
We are back with Mark Liebig and Susan Samson-Liebig. In case you missed our last episode, they are two leading soil scientists of the USDA. Mark works as a soil scientist within the USDA Agricultura...
1 Jun 202021min

Soil Health Dynamic Duo, Part One: Cover Crops
Mark Liebig and Susan Samson-Liebig are two leading soil scientists that work in two different agencies within the USDA. Also, they just happen to be spouses. Mark works as a soil scientist within the...
25 Mai 202021min

Decades of Soil Health Collaboration
Brad Brummond joined the NDSU extension in 1982 and has been in his current position in Walsh County for 28 years. His body of work allowed him to be the first North Dakotan selected for the County Ag...
18 Mai 202022min

Soil Health and the City
Today we are joined by Sally Jacobson, Executive Director of the Red River Zoo, and Dr. Abbey Wick, Soil Health Extension Specialist. The unlikely collaboration between NDSU Extension and the Red Rive...
11 Mai 202022min

A Soil Health Journey from Crops to Cattle
“I hope that we can just do so much more with an acre of land than just grow a crop on it.” -Mike Schaefer Mike Schaefer farms wheat, barley, corn and soybeans in New Rockford, North Dakota. His farm ...
4 Mai 202027min

Intercropping and Soil Health
Could intercropping be a viable option for large-scale row crop producers? Lana Shaw, Research Manager at the Southeast Research Farm in Saskatchewan, and Dr. Mike Ostlie, a Research Agronomist at NDS...
27 Apr 202036min

Strip-Till and Cover Crops
Today we are joined by Mark Olson, a farmer in Southeast North Dakota, and Matt Olson, an agronomist with 20 years of experience with Centrol Ag Consulting. The two bring interesting insights into the...
20 Apr 202024min

Cover Crop Seed Considerations
Today we go back to the beginning of any soil health program - or any crop for that matter - seed. We are joined by Steve Zwinger who is an agronomist at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center an...
13 Apr 202022min


















