Learn about Agriculture

Environmental Farm Plans help farmers identify their farms’ environmental strengths and weaknesses and make action plans for improvements. The goal is to minimize negative effects and risks to the environment while making positive changes to ensure the future of farming.

Healthy soil matters to all farmers and “feed the soil, not the plant” is the mantra of organic farmers. Organic farmers focus on creating fertile soil that is rich in organic matter and teeming with life.

The nutrients used by plants to support healthy growth are the same, whether they come from organic or conventional fertilizers.

Improved farming practices and the use of fertilizers have helped feed the world while saving habitats that would otherwise be needed for growing food.

Plants require nutrients to grow. As plants grow, they use nutrients from the soil. When they are harvested, they take those nutrients with them and so they need to be replenished for the next crop.

Soil is a farmer’s most valuable resource and advancements in tillage are helping farmers steward our soil for future generations.

Urban gardens, horticulture operations, grain farms should all be practicing crop rotation. 

It all depends on soil! Over the years, much of our precious topsoil eroded into ditches and waterways. Today, farmers are working hard to improve the land.

What is a carbon sequestration and what does this have to do with farming?