No Till Notes: 'Improving our productivity'

Last week I gave an example of what rancher/farmer Gabe Brown, from Bismarck, N.D. has accomplished on his operation by focusing his efforts on soil health. Over the past 15 years, Gabe has dramatically improved the health of his soil. This improved soil health has lowered his cost of production and improved the profitability of his operation considerably.

This path towards soil health has been cleared by people like Gabe and has given us a blue print of how we can begin improving the health and performance of the soils we work with in our area. I will caution you that this improvement in soil...