Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference
Date: 02/19/19
Location: Stevens Point, WI 54482, WI
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Taking the "long view" of farming comes more naturally to some growers than it does for others. But for Brian Gunderson it may come more naturally because his farm in Waterford, Wis., has been in the family for 170 years.
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