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Plug and Plant Ep. 23: Bringing Prosperity Back to the Range

August 11, 2021 Podcast

It’s often thought that being a rancher is a noble profession—but not one that easily pays the bills. In this episode, Jenita Qualm (current Farmers Network Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Specialist) calls on us to question this old way of looking at the ranching profession and invites us to step into a reality where ranchers…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 22: Overcoming the Fear of Prescribed Burn

July 25, 2021 Podcast

“The Eastern Red Cedar invasion is happening right in my backyard. It affects many of my friends, landowners, ranchers, and people I work with in the county.” Sean Kelly, South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Range Management Field Specialist, Winner, South Dakota, discusses the process of a prescribed burn to showcase the safe use of…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 21: A Growing Problem: The Invasion of Eastern Red Cedar

June 21, 2021 Podcast

In this podcast Dr. Buz Kloot and Rangeland Management Specialist Rod Voss talk about the eastern red cedar (or green glacier) invasion and what it means to rangeland, the problems the invasion occurs and why its with us in South Dakota. After we discuss the problem (invasion of eastern red cedar) Rod walks us through…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 20: Optimizing our Soils with Former NRCS State Conservationist Jeff Zimprich

May 27, 2021 Podcast

“Soil health knows no bounds,’ says Jeff Zimprich, the recently retired NRCS State Conservationist in South Dakota. “It can be accomplished on the front lawn and is alive and well in our grasslands and our croplands. But we can always do more to become more resilient to handle the weather patterns coming our way.” Hear…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 19: Increasing Rangeland Soil Health with Stan Boltz

May 10, 2021 Podcast

Stan Boltz, a USDA NRCS rangeland management specialist in South Dakota for 33 years, describes how healthy soil and cattle grazing management can reduce invasive species, bring back native rangeland and increase stocking rates. Listen to the podcast interview with Robin “Buz” Kloot on Growing Resilience podcasts or Soil Health Labs podcast.    

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Plug and Plant Ep. 18: Promoting Healthy Grass in Cropland Country with Larry Wagner

April 30, 2021 Podcast

“Here in South Dakota, we always say we’re two weeks away from a drought. Having your soil in good condition in wet years helps store more water than having it runoff. You get through a really dry year pretty well.” Larry Wagner, a rancher who grows grass in cropland country southeast of Chamberlain, SD, has…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 17: Growing Resilience Talks to Range Evangelist, James Halverson

April 15, 2021 Podcast

The Stockgrowers is a wonderful organization trying to do some great things, trying to help ranchers and help our independent cattle producers of this country and trying to save our rural towns, which are in decline. And so we need to help these things economically and ecologically. And I think those things can all work…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 16: A Practical View of Drought Planning with Mitch Faulkner

April 1, 2021 Podcast

In this podcast with we take a deep dive into drought management and the South Dakota Drought tool. Our guest is Mitch Faulkner, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Rangeland Management Specialist, out of Belle Fourche, SD where he talked to us about his own background in rangeland in dry areas, why we need to…

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Plug and Plant Ep. 15: Integrating Drought Management with Jim Faulstich

March 15, 2021 Podcast

Our guest, Jim Faulstich, producer from Highmore, SD, needs very little introduction.  Jim takes us on a deep dive into how he integrates drought management planning in every aspect of his operation.  Apart from 2019, Jim’s operation has always experienced a dry patch some time during the year and he is always prepared for that. …

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Plug and Plant Ep. 14: The Benefits of No-Till in Extreme Conditions

January 5, 2021 Podcast

This podcast is the sixth in the series 6 “Resilience” podcast series. We recorded this one in Crooks, SD the backdrop was the extremely wet weather on 2019. In this podcast, Kent Vlieger (NRCS-SD) facilitates a discussion with farmers Kurt Stiefvater, Ryan Larson, Nate Stroschein, Ross Hanson and SDSU’s field soils specialist Anthony Bly. We…

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