Joining us for a second opportunity to teach non-farmers how conservation farming works, Illinois farmer Chase Brown tells WGN’s Steve Alexander in the audio clip below about cover crops and strip-till, and why he’s seeing more traditional tillage farmers adopting these relatively new methods of growing our food.
After the deadly I-55 dirt storm, an Illinois farmer explains how conservation farming techniques such as no-till, strip-till, and cover crops give options to farmers who want to keep their topsoil from blowing away.
