As some crops come off the fields in the coming week, many farmers will plant others right back into the soil. In addition to farmers planting winter wheat, rye, triticale, and clovers are some other plants used now to help build better soil health for the winter and spring months. Cover crops have been a popular conservation practice for many farmers recently, with Peninsula Pride Farms members planting 25,716 acres of cover crops in 2022. Combined with other actions like reduced tillage and low-disturbance manure application, the group has seen a 60 percent increase in acres using conservation practices. That does not mean it is an exact science yet, as farmers battled the positives of cover crops with the negatives of a dry spring and summer. Eric Olson from Olson Family Farm in Sturgeon Bay says they will be showcasing what they did for cover crops this year as a part of Peninsula Pride Farms' final Conservation Conversation of the year.

Olson Family Farm in Sturgeon Bay will host other farmers and interested community members for a Conservation Conversation about cover crops on Tuesday at 4 p.m. You can find more details about the event below.