Conservation & ProActive Agriculture
There is a growing recognition for the need to regenerate and revitalize farmland soil.
Healthy soils produce high quality, nutrient dense produce. Furthermore, soils filled with strong rooted, organic matter are able to hold larger capacities of moisture. Moisture retention is not only better for crops, but also means less erosion. When the land retains water, it acts as a giant sponge, filtering and absorbing nutrients and contaminants that would otherwise enter water sources. Thriving soils, with abundant organic matter, stack benefits for farmers and their neighbors.
Proactive farming, long-term thinking
Your local SWCD advocates for farming and grazing practices that rebuild organic topsoil matter and restore degraded soil biodiversity. Our goal is to see productive farmlands, robust soils, and improved water quality.
Savvy agricultural professionals understand the significance of organic matter, including living organisms in the soil. Age old management practices like conservation tillage, cover crops, crop rotation, composting, and rotational grazing have come back into practice.
The reactionary farmer believes most soil-related problems can be dealt with by using external inputs, aka… fertilizers, irrigation, subsoilers, or pesticides. But problems like nutrient deficiencies, minimal moisture retention, compacted soils, plant disease or insect infestations are often simply symptoms of underlying problems. Soil problems that are literally right beneath our feet!
Exhaustion of soil organic matter, and a depletion of a diverse population of soil organisms is often the source of agricultural difficulties. Your local SWCD focuses on general soil health management and the strengths of natural biological systems, which go a long way to preventing many agricultural issues.
Visit this link MDA Reminds Farmers of Proper Bulk Fertilizer Storage (govdelivery.com) to read as a web page.
Visit this link Bulk Fertilizer Storage | Minnesota Department of Agriculture for the permit appilication (state.mn.us) for the permit application
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