USA Farm Tour-Planting Cover Crops

November 13, 2020 · < 1 minutes

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Farmers have been turning to cover crops to help keep the topsoil in place between growing seasons, add fertility, and to suppress weeds. Here we ride along with Iowa farmer Tim Burrack as he finishes planting his 2020 cover crops.

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Tim Burrack

Tim grows corn, seed corn, soybeans and produces pork. Has been very involved with Mississippi River lock improvements and has traveled to Brazil to research their river, rail and road infrastructure changes. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is currently serving as Vice Chairman.