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Soil Health Labs Ep. 29: Integrating Livestock Back on the Land: Perennials (2/2)

January 31, 2022 Podcast

Dr. Cody Zilverberg is not your ordinary rangeland scientist who grew up on the ranch knowing this was exactly what he wanted to do. Cody’s path was somewhat more circuitous – he grew up in Central South Dakota on a registered beef cattle ranch that his parents, brother, and sister-in-law still operate. Cody studied computer…

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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. 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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Haney Test: Understanding the H3A Analysis (4/4)

August 18, 2020 Video

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In this final video in our series unpacking the Haney Test (an assessment of soil nutrient availability), Dr. Buz Kloot explains what the final component, the ‘H3A’ Test, is and why it’s relevant to farmers and their soils.

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Haney Test: Understanding Organic Matter (3/4)

August 10, 2020 Video

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In this video, Dr. Buz Kloot unpacks the second part of the Haney Test dealing with organic matter.

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Haney Test: Understanding Soil Respiration (2/4)

July 27, 2020 Video

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In this video, Dr. Buz Kloot unpacks the first part of the haney test dealing with CO2C and soil respiration.

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Unpacking the Haney Test (1/4)

July 15, 2020 Video

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Throughout the duration of the Cover5 project there has been a lot of talk about ‘soil biology’. While many of our previous videos have shown obvious visual changes in soils over time through regenerative management practices, what other ways are there to measure and track the biological improvement of our soils? In this next series…

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