Sustainable Partners

New Initiative Allows Farmers to Test, Compare Soil-Health Improvements

Neighboring farmers attended a field day last summer at Brown Farms, near Decatur, Ill., to learn more about cover crops. (Progressive Farmer photo by Pamela Smith)
Neighboring farmers attended a field day last summer at Brown Farms, near Decatur, Ill., to learn more about cover crops. (Progressive Farmer photo by Pamela Smith)
Farmers active in a new, five-year initiative to improve soil health are becoming part detective, part economist, part environmentalist and part publicist.

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