June 11, 2019 by minnehahacd
“One of the first opportunities I saw after joining Olsen Custom Farms was to stretch our rotation out,” says agronomist Kurt Dagel “To take that power of diversity and make it work for us because it’s free. I look for many benefits to come out of it.”
Over the next two weeks we will be posting a series of videos to show you this interview about cover crops. This is part 1 of 4.
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