2020
SHARE Farm North Expanding Soil Health Building Research and Extension Efforts
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Dakota Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Soil healthTillage
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Abbey Wick, North Dakota State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
QSSB
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Dakota Soybean Council
$23,622
Institution Funded:
North Dakota State University
$23,622
Brief Project Summary:

The Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm in Mooreton has created a platform for research and Extension activities statewide. Its local significance has resulted in numerous farmers in the area adopting soil health building practices. Recently, Extension specialists have been building relationships and gaining a better understanding of issues farmers are facing in northeastern North Dakota and there is now enough support to start a second farm. It would use many of the same principals as the Mooreton location, but include a fourth crop of edible beans in rotation. The overall goal is to reach additional farmers with soil health building practices and programs.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension specialists

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Site information will be available to farmers and other researchers for management and potential future involvement Soil Health Field Day (expected attendance: 60-75)
Winter workshops/Café Talks to get information in the hands of farmers
(primarily included in Mooreton SHARE Farm project proposal)
Videos/webpage (www.ndsu.edu/soilhealth)
National recognition using NCGA Soil Health Partnership and events like
Commodity Classic to highlight our efforts
Program evaluation to keep Extension programs effective

Final Project Results

Update:
Attached report is the final report for 7/1/19 - 12/31/20

View uploaded report Word file

The SHARE Farm project in Northeastern ND compares soil health practices, like reducing tillage and inclusion of cover crops, in side-by-side replicated strips. This location in Logan Center was planted to corn in 2020, interseeded with overwintering cover crops and will be planted to soybean in 2021. There was an excellent catch of cover crops interseeded between the corn rows at V5. Corn yields were higher on the conventionally tilled strips compared to the no-till strips. Despite COVID Extension programming continued, with the hosting of two large virtual workshops in 2019 and 2020 (DIRT Workshop), 24 Cafe Talks, 12 podcast episodes (Field Check) and 11 videos produced.

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.