Field Check: Building a Soil Health Legacy
In this episode we explore one of the most wonderful and unique aspects of farming, the ability to leave a real tangible legacy for your children. The sentiment and realization of that legacy is predi...
2 Aug 202211min
Field Check: Managing Saline Soils with Jason Hanson
In this episode crop consultant Jason Hanson discusses a soil-related issue many farmers have to deal with, salinity. Jason owns Rock and Roll Agronomy based in Webster, North Dakota. He said while sa...
21 Jul 202211min
Field Check: Cover Crops and Farm Implement Safety
In this episode we “cover” planting cover crops including some of the ways to get cover crops planted and established. We also discuss some really important and often overlooked safety considerations ...
13 Jul 202211min
Field Check: Every Field is Different with Dr. Lee Briese
Today, we single out one field in particular to see how a crop consultant utilizes soil health principles and practices to improve both profitability and viability over time. Dr. Lee Briese a Crop Con...
5 Jul 202210min
Field Check: Field Trafficability and Equipment Safety
In this episode, we explore soil management practices that will improve trafficability over time. North Dakota State University Soil Health Extension Specialist Dr. Abbey Wick joins us to discuss tha...
27 Jun 202211min
Field Check: The Challenges and Benefits of Reducing Tillage
Jason Hanson, who owns Rock and Roll Agronomy based in Webster, North Dakota joins us to discuss both the benefits and the challenges of reducing tillage. One thing we always talk about on this progra...
20 Jun 202211min
Agronomy on Ice featuring Jason Hanson, Kyle Okke, Rob Sharkey, Nikki Bylin and Scott Bylin
In February Dr. Abbey Wick and I had the chance to attend a really unique event you may have heard of called Agronomy on Ice. This is an annual event on Devils Lake, North Dakota. Picture several ice ...
25 Apr 202224min
Planes, Grains, and Cover Crops with Blaine Kummer
Blaine Kummer farms with his wife and parents south of Fargo in Colfax, North Dakota. They raise corn, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat and occasionally some barley. The soil is really variable in his are...
18 Mar 202224min
