Andy Benson has no topsoil to waste.
Ryan Frieders farms some of the best soil in the country.
Both farmers are managing their soil resources with the same long-term objective: keeping their acres productive while getting more benefit out of the inputs they already buy.
U.S. Cropping Farms Are Similar Yet Unique
Benson farms 3,500 to 4,000 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in west-central Wisconsin on what he describes as glacial till. The ground is gravelly and highly erodible, with limited topsoil…