Less-ls-More Approach Regenerates Optimism and Savings:Net profit per acre and per head are dual kings, undergirded by a devotion to soil health

摘要

Who slashes farmland acreage by three-quarters, jettisons a machinery fleet and upends field practices, yet watches profits rise by 70%? Meet Del Ficke and a less-is-more farming approach. When Ficke shrunk a row crop and cattle operation to 700 acresand implemented regenerative agriculture across his ground, the southeast Nebraska producer flipped convention on its head and used the past to unlock the future.Thirty years back, Ficke's operation was large-scale and reached across three counties. Constantly pressed for time, he placed 100% of his acreage in no till in 1986.