On July 12th, the South Kinni Farmer Led Watershed Council held a picnic open to all landowners in the watershed at a members property. About 25 people enjoyed a potluck style picnic followed by presentations onsite. The presentations included a UAV demonstration by Logan Ahlers from UWRF, a no-till into sod demonstration by the Chair, […]
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Farmers that attended the Horse Creek Watershed Council’s No Till Workshop learned about: equipment council members are using on their own farms; fertility, do’s and don’ts, economics, weed control and equipment options; improved soil resiliency from No Till and cover crops demonstrated by a rainfall simulator test. On June 13, 2017 the Horse Creek Watershed […]
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We have been working hard to establish and analyze three on-farm cover crop and tillage test plots in the watersheds, made possible in part by a grant from SARE, the Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education program at USDA. We have randomized, replicated trials of cover vs no-cover, and tilled vs no-till plots on three farms […]
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