San Bonifacio Farm

This site combines minimum tillage, organic fertilisation and residue retention with soil-health actions aimed at improving tree/hedgerow components, cover cropping, rotation design and reduced disturbance. The cropping system includes soybean (food/feed), oats (feed/food) and alfalfa (feed).

Carbon farming practices implemented

05 - Increasing hedgerow or field boundary tree cover  

11 - Manure incorporation into soil  

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

Minimun tillage

Solid manure

Crops:  

Corn Maturity and Drydown – The Andersons
Maize

Forage

Oat

Cover crop

Soybean