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Where the Hills Begin: A Visit with Nate Hicks of Yankton
By the Growing Resilience Team I’ve visited Vermillion, South Dakota, several times, usually under slate-gray skies and spring winds that...
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Learning About Salinity: A Journey from Confusion to Clarity
Anthony Bly In 2023, NRCS’s Marcia Deneke and Kent Vlieger generously took time to guide me through the salinity challenges of South...
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Blending No-Till, Cover Crops, and Stocker Cattle: Cody Merrigan’s Regenerative Farming Model in Clay County, SD
By Buz Kloot An old friend of mine grew up in Utah’s Cache Valley, where his dad, a worn-out dairyman, would shake his head after a long...
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