PROFILES IN SOIL HEALTH: “A SYSTEMS APPROACH”
With Gene and Craig Stehly
Mitchell, SD
“We can’t continue on the same path, we have to start focusing a lot more on soil health. Soil health isn’t just one thing, it’s a systems approach, for us it’s combining no-till, crop rotation, cover crops, and planting native grass species in our sensitive areas.” – Craig Stehly
This Profile In Soil Health, featuring Gene and Craig Stehly, recent winners of the SD Soil Health Coalition Legacy Award, is the first of six videos to be released in 2019. Craig and Gene Stehly were honored as the first recipients of this award for their work to improve soil health and water quality on their farm near Mitchell, SD.
The brothers, who have been partners in the operation since the early 1980’s, utilize a systems approach which includes the use of no-till, crop rotation, cover crops, and the planting of native grasses and pollinator friendly plants in sensitive areas. These videos were produced during 2018 through an agreement of the SD Soil Health Coalition with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and South Dakota’s Conservation Districts.
