National Ag News

A north-central Missouri farm couple has been chosen for the Leopold Conservation award for their conservation practices.  Matt Lambert and his wife Kate have a diversified farm in Linn County, raising corn, soybeans and cattle.

He tells Brownfield Ag News, “Since I’ve come back from college (in 2008), we’ve continued to no-till but we’ve implemented the use of cover crops. We diversified by adding cattle to our crop rotations. We let them graze the cover crops and I think it’s really helped out our ecosystems and stuff on our farm.”

Lambert was quick to say a lot of farmers in his area are using cover crops and working to conserve the land.

Continue reading Missouri Leopold winner has embraced cover crops at Brownfield Ag News.