Farmer-to-Farmer Communication about Conservation Podcast Mini-Series
Tom Cotter is a fourth generation farmer in southeast Minnesota. He farms right along I-90. So he gets a lot of traffic up against his fields, which he sees as a good thing, because people can see they’re doing things differently.
He started cover crops in 1998, strip till in 2013, and no-till in 2015. He also does grass-fed and grass-finished cattle, and his land along the creeks are in the NRCS Conservation Reserve Program.
As a father of four and, now, a grandparent, Tom does these practices for their sake.
In this last episode of our Farmer-to-Farmer Communication about Conservation podcast mini-series, Tom shares how he leans on what he has learned from 18 years as a wrestling coach when talking with other farmers about conservation practices.
This podcast was produced as part of a curriculum for farmers called Skills for Building Farmer Networks for Conservation.
Check out the other episodes in the Farmer-to-Farmer Communication about Conservation podcast mini-series:
