No-till on the Plains is hosting a soil health field day at Knopf Farms near Gypsum, KS. Through a grant from the northcentral region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE), four producers across Kansas have planted demonstrations plots of grain sorghum with companion species (mung beans, guar, flax, crimson clover, buckwheat, phacelia). The plots are designed to assess whether the companion plantings can reduce the need for herbicides and pesticides to protect the sorghum crop. Comparisons are being made between the plots and the rest of the sorghum field. 

Also included in the field tour are soil health practices on Knopf farms with soybeans planted after cover crops and wheat planted no-till after termninated alfalfa.  Soil health demonstrations from NRCS Soil Health specialist Candy Thomas will close out the morning. 

This event is free. Lunch is provided.