An Excellent Crop of Winter Wheat
Brad Karlin was our first visit on Sunday. He and his brother farm 26000 acres of prairie and hill country. Half of this is cropped and the other half is used for fattening cattle. Brad utilises the full zero till cropping system with disc seeding and full stubble retention. It has only been in recent years that a lot of the old prairie sod land has been brought into crop. He uses a multitude of crops which include peas, lentils, wheat, corn and soybeans. 
Peas Sown Into Corn Stubble
Brad and his brother also have a few weather/wind towers to trial for their suitability for erecting wind farm generators.
So far all of the farmers we have seen have a very good approach to natural resources, whether it was increase native vegetation or leaving areas of corn un harvested to help animals get through winter. There is a large number birds and a lot of deer.
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