South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Press Release

Student Soil Health Essay and Video Contests Open

October 2, 2024

The South Dakota Soil Health Coalition is excited to announce student essay and contests for the 2025 Soil Health Conference, Jan. 15-16 in Watertown, SD.

Cover Crop Decisions Heavily Dependent on Moisture Levels

By Stan Wise posted on July 24, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Cover crops offer a wide range of potential benefits for producers – better nutrient cycling, more weed suppression, more livestock forage, better soil structure, increased soil organic matter and healthier soil microbial communities. To reap those benefits, producers need to make some careful decisions.

Small Bytes: Be Careful When Using Cereal Rye

February 16, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

In this audio interview, hear from Anthony Bly, South Dakota State University Soils Field Specialist as he discusses growing cover crops for seed, which cover crop species are best when you're growing covers for seed, and why growers should strive for net profit, not necessarily max yield.

Small Bytes: Crop Rotations Create Opportunities to Use Covers

February 14, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this special audio interview, Jason Fruechte, Forage & Cover Crop Specialist, Millborn Seeds, discusses using covers on silage acres, seizing opportunities to get cover crops seeded, which cover crop species are a good fit for silage acres, and more.

Small Bytes: Breaking Paradigms with Cover Crops

February 3, 2022 | Posted in Grazing

In this audio interview, hear from Steve Kenyon, a grower from Alberta, Canada, as he discusses how he uses cover crops in his custom grazing operation without owning land or livestock, how he's transitioned tilled cropland into pastures with perennial polycultures, what his goals are, and more.

Cover Crop Considerations

September 15, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Capital Journal (Pierre, SD)

Now is the time to think about fitting a cover crop into your rotation. There are many different advantages to using cover crops including reducing pest pressures, keeping the soil protected, recycling nutrients, adding organic matter, additional forage opportunities, and more. Read more in this article from the Capital Journal (Pierre, SD).

[Podcast] Interseeding Ideal for Wide Rows

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features the second of a two-part series featuring Austin Carlson, Soil Health Technician with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. In part 2, Carlson discusses when interseeding should occur, interseeding a cover crop mix vs. a single cover crop species, environmental conditions that impact interseeding, and more.

November 25, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features the second of a two-part series featuring Austin Carlson, Soil Health Technician with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. In part 2, Carlson discusses when interseeding should occur, interseeding a cover crop mix vs. a single cover crop species, environmental conditions that impact interseeding, and more.

[Podcast] Follow the Combine with Cover Crop Seeding

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features the first of a two-part series featuring Austin Carlson, Soil Health Technician with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. In part 1, Carlson discusses choosing the best cover crop seeding method, finding and calibrating cover crop seeding equipment, choosing the right timing for seeding covers, and more.

November 23, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features the first of a two-part series featuring Austin Carlson, Soil Health Technician with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. In part 1, Carlson discusses choosing the best cover crop seeding method, finding and calibrating cover crop seeding equipment, choosing the right timing for seeding covers, and more.