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Ear to the Ground 412: ABG
Episode 412
Nutrient management expert Matthew Helmers has researched how certain land use practices can have a “disproportionate impact” when it comes to nitrat…
14 hours ago
Ear to the Ground 411: Run Silent, Run Deep
Episode 411
The MPCA’s Justin Watkins sees nitrates leaking out of farm fields as an “invisible” problem that’s all too easily ignored. The solution is to shine …
6 days ago
Ear to the Ground 410: Navigating a Way Out
Episode 410
Paul and Trudi Schaefer always assumed they would live out their lives on the farm they built up over several decades. When they realized they needed…
2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 409: Mass Market Madness
Episode 409
Connecting directly with eaters is a priority for pastured-based livestock farmers Ellen and Jim Gardner. So how do they balance growing their market…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Ear to the Ground 408: Civic Spark
Episode 408
When a federal immigration crackdown came to rural Minnesota, farmer Bridget Lux knew she had to do something. When she walked into a community meeti…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Ear to the Ground 407: Dairy Dilemma
Episode 407
Jordan and Rachelle Meyer had burning questions about how to pursue a new milk production path without upsetting their “three-legged stool.” So they …
4 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 406: Pasture Peers
Episode 406
“How do I make this pasture pay?” beginning farmer Heidi Eger asked a group of fellow graziers during an LSP Soil Health Hub gathering. They answered…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ear to the Ground 405: High Voltage
Episode 405
Chad and Melissa Crowley are using managed rotational grazing, soil health, and solar arrays to create a good energy flow on the dairy farm they’re t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ear to the Ground 404: Closing the Loop
Episode 404
Paul and Delores Moechnig are working to prove to the next generation that the road to farming’s future doesn’t have to pass through corn and soybean…
3 months ago
Ear to the Ground 403: Values on the Table
Episode 403
Emily and Ryan Kjesbo-Johnson vowed their lifelong commitment to community would not stop when they moved out of their urban neighborhood and onto a …
3 months, 4 weeks ago