Presentation: Cover Crops, Pros and Cons: Perspectives from the Southeast Research Farm
Channel: USDA NRCS South Dakota
Date: 2015-03-14

Presentation: Cover Crops, Pros and Cons: Perspectives from the Southeast Research Farm with Dr. Peter Sexton, South Dakota State University, Beresford, SD.  South Dakota’s educational effort to raise awareness about the importance of soil health continues. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service entered into a cooperative agreement with the South Dakota No-Till Association, and South Dakota State University Extension for delivering these seminars with the latest soil health and productivity technology to South Dakota farmers and ranchers.  

This recording was made possible by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) South Dakota. The February 19, 2015 event in Mitchell, SD was part of a series of statewide events and made possible by the additional support of:
Monsanto
The South Dakota Wheat Commission
Ducks Unlimited
South Dakota Soybean Research & Promotion Council
Prairie State Seed-Wausa, NE
Millborn Seeds
LaCrosse Seeds
First Dakota National Bank
Agronomy Plus-Mitchell, SD
Farmers Alliance-CHS, Mitchell
DuPont Pioneer
Scott Supply
C & B Operations, Davison County Implement
Dakota’s Best Seed-Platte, SD
Farm Credit Services of America
Davison CD
Hanson County CD
Aurora County CD
SD No Till Association
SDSU Extension
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
SARE SD

To learn more about managing for healthier soils, contact your location USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff or visit the Soil Health Information Center at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils/health/. 

March 2015

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