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By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader: a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoffJust because a farmer has raised cover crops for a few years, it does not mean they have all the answers. Sometimes the experience leads to more questions. The more experience they gain, the more questions they have, but also the more new things they will try.
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader: a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff
“You are not farming the same soils your grandparents farmed,” said Hans Kok, Program Director for the Conservation Technology Information Center in Indiana.
Kok spoke during a presentation at the Ohio No-till Council’s Winter Conference and described the origins of the soils we find in this part of the Midwest, going back to the glaciers and continuing to the modern soil challenges we face. Over the past 100 years, farming practices employed in America have led to a deterioration of the soil quality.
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Ohio Field Leader: a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and soybean checkoff.
Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. This was the message from Hans Kok to farmers, as he spoke at the 2020 Ohio No-till Council Winter Conference. “Understanding the history of our soils in Ohio and Indiana, and what has been done to them over the last century helps to explain some of the environmental issues we see today, and can lead to possible solutions,” said Hans Kok, Program Director of the Conservation Technology Information Center.
Hans Kok, Program Director of the Conservation Technology Information Center