Brothers Randy, Steve and Dana Norby grew up helping on their parent’s farm in Osage, which was settled in 1868. Over the past two decades, the Norbys have executed a variety of conservation practices. They first began no-till soybeans in 1992, strip-till corn in 2002, and no-till corn and cover crops in 2012. They also uses buffer strips and CRP borders to help with erosion control, nutrient placement, cost reduction, water permeability and retention, soil tilth, and labor reduction on the farm.
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