Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: We use cover crops on land that is more sensitive to wind erosion. We believe that tile drainage is an important sustainability practice to reduce/prevent salinity on our farm. Beans also play a big role in sustainability - their water use is low relative to other crops, and they also require less nitrogen fertilizer.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: Technology! Farm equipment isn’t what it used to be. Farm equipment is just like cars, SUV, and trucks—every year there is something new. And new tech is exciting to me. We can use technology to plant the beans with pension planting and spraying (when needed). Not only does it help with cost inputs, but it also improves our environmental footprint.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: We incorporate sustainable practices like water management infrastructure (tile drainage and irrigation) to use water efficiently and reduce runoff. We apply fungicides on beans using variable rate technology, so we only treat areas that need it, minimizing chemical use. We also use reduced tillage to protect soil health, prevent erosion, and build long-term resilience in our fields.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: Sustainability is a focus. Every decision we make is guided by the idea that we want to leave the land better than we found it, for the next season, and the next generation. We’ve implemented a variety of practices over the years: optimized fertilizer applications, thoughtful crop rotations, and precision technology like GPS-based automation to reduce overlap and input waste during seeding and spraying. Every pass we make on the field is done with intention. With rising input costs, efficient use of resources is more important than ever. But sustainability isn’t just about economics—it’s about stewardship. We want to keep our soil, water, and land healthy so it can continue producing for decades to come.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: Crop rotation; variable rate irrigation which reduces our water consumption, and it gives the plant more of what it wants; strip-tillage; timely use of fertilizer to give the beans a good start and to give them a boost in the season; cover crops with barley and rye after the bean crop to reduce soil erosion.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: We are always trying to stay on top of being a modern sustainable farm. We don’t necessarily look to fit the term sustainable, but it's simply what we do and have always done. We are always trying to keep our irrigation systems up to date with the most modern equipment making them less energy demanding and in some cases also adding solar sites to help alleviate the demand. Our equipment is being updated often helping us to be more efficient and have less and less waste, whether it be seeding, spraying, or harvesting.

Q: How are you incorporating sustainability practices into your farm?

A: We strip-till / no-till the bulk of our acres, as well as try to reduce fertilizer needs by using manure and cover crops. We practice integrated pest management and don’t use any more pesticide products than we feel we need to.