Attend a PFI field day this summer! Check out the full line up today!
1 of 2Practical Farmers is in its seventh year offering cost-share and technical assistance for those who are seeding fall cover crops.
You can receive $10 per acre on up to 200 acres or 10% of your farmed acres (whichever is larger) and $5 per acre on everything above that. There are no requirements on the species or seeding method used.
Come visit with Scott and Shannon Koether and learn how they include rotational grazing, small grains and red clover in their organic field crops system. Scott farms with his family in McGregor, Iowa, where they raise and rotationally graze cattle on cover crops and forages like sorghum. The Koethers also raise organic corn, winter wheat, oats, peas and medium red clover on their 400 organic acres. Scott and his family have been using cover crops since 2015, and bought cows in 2013 for their conventional cow-calf operation. The Koethers have also been experimenting with growing organic forage crops: They grew forage sorghum last year and hope to expand their organic forage options this year. Take advantage of this chance to view organic field crops, established cover crops and more.
Field Day: Establishing and Grazing Legume Covers and Small Grains in an Organic System
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