Spotlights: Conservation Conversations for Healthy Soil

October 15, 2012

Working with conservation partner Dr. Robin 'Buz' Kloot of the Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina, members of the National Soil Health and Sustainability Team, North Carolina NRCS staff, Earth Team volunteers, and farmers are featured in Conservation Conversations sponsored by NRCS's East National Technology Support Center (ENTSC), Greensboro, NC. Using demonstration plantings, interviews, case studies, and lectures, viewers learn about conservation practices and basic soil health concepts that result in healthy soil and sustainable agriculture.

Additionally, "Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health," a video featuring Jay Fuhrer, North Dakota NRCS and Susan Tallman, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, emphasizes crop diversity in no-till systems to improve soil health and increase productivity.

Watch, enjoy, and learn about soil health, cover crops, and crop diversity concepts by viewing the videos below.

Cover Crops and Crop Diversity

Follow our Under Cover Farmers to learn how three farmers in Stanly County, NC, started using multispecies cover crops and how they were able to realize economic returns on their investment in the first year. (The opinions expressed in this video are those of the farmers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of USDA.)

Comparing Nitrogen Treatments in Corn Previously Cover Cropped Nathan Lowder, District Conservationist, NC NRCS		Two Cotton Fields - One with Cover Crops, One without Nathan Lowder, District Conservationist, NC NRCS
Seeding Cover Crop Cocktails A Journey Across the Landscape		Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health Jay Fuhrer, ND NRCS and Susan Tallman, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

Soil Health and Sustainability