Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, August 2024 | Issue #638, Copyright 2024, 67 pages. Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here! Contents August 2024 • Issue #638 Photo: Scrimger Photo caption: Working in a buckwheat cover crop at Joe Scrimger’s farm in the 1980s. Read our interview with Joe, discussing his career in farming, sales and soil health On the cover: Chuck Schembre examines a shovel full of healthy soil. A lifelong student and lover of the soil, Schembre argues that inputs alone can never deliver the full range of benefits that biologically active and diverse soil can FEATURES A Simple Compaction SolutionA short conversation with Iowa grower Loran Steinlage about improving soil health by reducing compaction using controlled traffic The Great Humus DebateFrom von Liebig to the present, what humus is — and what it can do for farmers — continues to be debatedBY WILL BRINTON Above the LawnSoil health lessons — compliments of regenerative lawncareBY TIM SHEPPARD You Can’t Spell Harvest without RVHarvest Host offers an easy option for farms to dip a toe into agritourismBY LUCAS HUBBARD Photosynthesis, Leaves and Foliar Feeding Understanding leaves better can inform your farming practices BY MARK SHEPARD DEPARTMENTS VIEW FROM THE COUNTRYMonthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor OPINIONPrinciples or Products?Inputs alone can never result in true soil health — following the principles is the only real solutionBY CHUCK SCHEMBRE ECO-UPDATENews in brief on developments in agronomic science REGEN AGRONOMY A Systems Approach to Soil Health BY PATRICK FREEZE REGEN ECONOMICS Refining SOPs BY KIRSTEN SIMMONS INTERVIEWGreening the ThumbAn interview with long-time Michigan farmer and consultant Joe Scrimger about conservation tillage, transitioning from conventional practices, and his Acres U.S.A. mentors REVIEWS MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS ECO-MEETINGS ECO-GRAPHIC Subscribe to Acres U.S.A. If you enjoyed this issue, or any that you've come across – consider subscribing! Acres U.S.A. is a monthly magazine full of in-depth articles that educate and inform. Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here!
