Alan and Sara Mohr have already seen good results reducing or eliminating tillage and adding cover crops to their farm. There’s less farm runoff, healthier soils, fewer ditches to fix, and the balance sheet looks a little better. But they’re not resting on their laurels. 

The Mohr’s are looking to the future after signing up their Marengo, Iowa, operation, Cornfed Farms, to participate in Bayer’s ForwardFarming network — a program that highlights conservation techniques on farms across the world. 

The aim of Bayer’s program is to generate positive environmental outcomes while supporting productivity and farmer “well-being.” Cornfed Farms, which raises corn, soybeans and hay and operates a feedlot, is the first U.S. farm to participate in the program.

Through the network Bayer collaborates with independent farmers to illustrate how a customized regenerative agriculture that integrate practices, tools and inputs can support successful farms and contribute to resilient farming systems. 

ForwardFarming and the Mohr’s are implementing Bayer’s Preceon Smart Corn System and experimenting with oilseeds PennyCress and camelina with the hope it can become an income generator and conservation force multiplier.

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“The whole idea behind this partnership isn’t really changing anything I’m…