wind erosion

Cover Crops Helped Save Farmland from Erosion

By Richard Siemers posted on September 6, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: The Land

Doug Bos is Assistant Director of Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District, where he has worked for 27 years. When he talks about cover crops, he is not only talking of programs, he is speaking of personal experience.

Minnesota Study: Cover Crops, Less Aggressive Tillage Reduce Wind Erosion

April 28, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota

Two ongoing studies are measuring how much soil is being blown across different fields, and how much nutrients lost with wind erosion might cost farmers. Overall, preliminary data indicates that management makes a difference: leaving residue on a field or planting cover crops, and less aggressive tillage, can slow down soil movement.

Healthy Land Management Can Prevent Dust Storms

April 28, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

In the past month, dust storms have been making headlines across the western United States. Blowing soil has created driving hazards due to low visibility, and accumulated wind-blown silt even forced boat ramp closures near Fort Pierre. The good news is that land can be managed to minimize erosion.

Solution for Soil Erosion

June 25, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Lancaster Farming

The images coming out of the Upper Midwest and High Plains region of the U.S. this spring are reminiscent of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Relentless wind coupled with dry conditions have led to severe soil erosion, and the situation was made worse in areas lacking cover crops. Read more in this article from Lancaster Farming.

[Video] Improving Soil Health Will Prevent Erosion

March 8, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Wind storms are carrying topsoil away from valuable farmland, and that wind erosion is extremely detrimental to the agriculture industry. Soil degradation is contributing to erosion, and using fertilizer to bridge the gaps of nutrients in the soil may be more harmful than helpful.

Protect Precious Topsoil with Cover Crops

By Sarah Hill posted on December 17, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

It’s not often that we think about what happens to the soil in the field. To be honest, that topsoil is probably the component that is most taken for granted in a cropping system of any kind. So, what happens when we lose any of that precious soil to wind or water erosion?

Cover Crops Required in New York Town

By Frank Lessiter posted on November 19, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

New legislation addresses last winter's dust storms that led to wind erosion and health concerns among New York residents living in eastern Long Island.

What to Do if You Can't Plant a Cash Crop

A bare field is a vulnerable field, subject to losing its valuable, nutrient-rich layer of topsoil because wind can blow the topsoil away and rain can wash it away.

June 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Growers who opt not to plant corn or soybeans this year because of consistently wet fields would be best off not leaving those fields bare, according to an expert at The Ohio State University.