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Combining innovation and technology on the farm

_MG_3299A northwestern Indiana farm family is taking an innovative approach to managing the challenging soils on their farm.

Cody Styck farms with is family just a mile east of the Illinois border.

He tells Brownfield managing their farm’s sandy soils requires a mix of old school practices and new technology.  “We’ve recently decided to diversify our operation by the use of cover crops,” he says.  “We’re focusing on the future rather than now and also by intensifying the acres we have with the use of irrigation.”

Styck Family Farms was one of the farms featured on this year’s Purdue Farm Management Tour.

He says farming the way they’ve always farmed – was no longer working for them.  “I decided to do a lot of research and it’s really helped me out to establish a good conservation plan for our acres that are less profitable,” he says.  “And I think it’s helping us become more profitable.”

Styck says he hopes other farmers participating in the tour are able to pick up a few new ideas to implement on their farms.

AUDIO: Cody Styck

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