In this free webinar sponsored by Saddle Butte Ag, producers of the Bio Till cover crop seed, NRCS Central Regional Soil Health Team Leader Barry Fisher discussed the practices no-tillers can implement in their operations to build their soil life habitat.

Growers will learn…

• Why regenerating soil health and functions is the key to achieving full soil productivity.
• How different management practices can affect the living soil ecosystem.
• Key management principles we should use to provide a favorable habitat that allows the billions. of soil organisms to begin the work of rebuilding the soil health.
• Practical cropping system strategies to increase food and cover for soil life.

Barry’s presentation was followed by a Q&A session.

Barry Fisher serves as the Central Region Soil Health Team Leader for the NRCS, where he provides Soil Health Management Systems technical leadership, training and assistance to NRCS, farmers and partners throughout the Corn Belt and Northern Plains. Fisher was recently recognized as one of the 25 Living Legends of No-Till at the 2017 National No-Tillage Conference and was presented the Conservation Legacy Award from NRCS. He is also a Certified Crop Advisor and has been employed with the USDA for 36 years. With his wife, Michael, Fisher also operates a cash grain and livestock farm in Indiana. He holds a B.S. in Agriculture with emphasis in Agronomy from Western Kentucky University.