It Starts With Soil Health:Gabe Brown Shares His Farming Evolution Story — Including Sunflower's Role in Its Success

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Gabe Brown's approach to farming and ranching is simple: Take care of the soil, and the soil will take care of you."It all starts with soil health. We, as producers, have come to accept a degraded resource in this country," says Brown, who farms and ranches just east of Bismarck, N.D. "All soils are degraded. My soil is still degraded, and I've been focusing on improving it for 20 years. The important thing to know is that we can improve our soil's health and that improvement will pay us dividends."Back in 1993, Brown sold his tillage equipment and went 100% no-till. He's been no-till ever since. "My reason for going no-till was to save time and moisture, but I now know there are even more important reasons," he explains.