Neighboring North Dakota producers Tyler Zimmerman and Chris Walberg explain how they work together to improve their soil and profitability and incorporate livestock onto cropland
Paul Jasa, Retired Extension Engineer, formerly with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, develops and conducts educational programs related to crop production that improve profitability, build soil health, and reduce risks to the environment. He has been working with planting equipment and tillage system evaluation at the University since 1978. Across the years, he’s worked with soil and water conservation, residue management, crop rotations, and, more recently, cover crops and soil health.
Dr. Stephan van Vliet is the Director of the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University.
Dr. van Vliet’s research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between sustainable agriculture, the nutrient density of food, and human health. His work has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Scientific Reports, the Journal of Nutrition, and the Journal of Physiology.
Graeme Sait is the CEO and co-founder of Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS), a world leader in regenerative agriculture. He is also an author/educator responsible for over 300 published articles and a popular book, "Nutrition Rules". He created the internationally acclaimed, five day, “Certificate In Nutrition Farming”, and authored the associated, 360 page training manual.
Kaitlyn Dozler is the Virtual Fence Program Manager at the University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture. Her background is in Natural Resource Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management. Kaitlyn received a M.S. in Natural Resource Science and a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Growing up on her family’s farm and ranch in rural Nebraska sparked her passion for agriculture and the outdoors.
Zach is the Director of the Living Soil Compost Lab in Sioux Falls South Dakota, which specializes in biological soil and compost assessment, humus testing, as well as most other traditional metrics to evaluate system function and productivity. In addition to lab services, Zach has consulted across the United States as well as several international countries. Primarily you will find Zach working across the Great Plains between the Mississippi River and the Rockies with production row cropping systems and well as pasture/range-land.
