This is a no-till site with residue retention and sprinkler irrigation. Soil-health practices include maintaining reduced tillage, improving nutrient timing, introducing or strengthening cover crops, and diversifying crop rotations. The crops considered are maize (mainly food), wheat (food/feed), soybean (food/feed) and buckwheat (food niche crop).

11 - Manure incorporation into soil
13 - Improving timing and application of nutrients
15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement
16 - Improved crop rotations
21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)




