Bob Waring is a third-generation farmer at Brandon Farms, and he grows about 450 acres of corn and soybeans on land that his grandfather and father began no-tilling and cover cropping 40 years ago. Except for occasional deep ripping to break up compaction, the ground hasn’t been tilled since then. Waring plants green into a variety of live cover crops and said the approach has let him reduce chemical usage by about 75%.

John Bryant of Old Tavern Farm talks about how he benefits from the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program.

CSWCD has been educating the public on conservation and land protection efforts for years.