05/12/2026
🫛 Today's podcast episode! Cover Crops, Wind Erosion, and Snirt with Kim Melton of the Red River basin Commission on a 4 The Soil: A Conversation
Soil loss and erosion can occur by rainfall or wind. Kim emphasizes that soil loss by wind erosion is farmers' and soil conservationists' number one resource concern because crop fields are so flat throughout the region.
Farmers want soil to be a sponge. Similarly, farmers keep the soil covered and armored to prevent "snirt" (that is, snow plus dirt) from sullying road banks and rural views during the winter months.
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Red River Basin Commission
🌱 As always, we can all be 4 The Soil, for the future! Here is how with four principles:
1️⃣ Keep the soil covered -- Cover crops are our friends;
2️⃣ Minimize soil disturbance -- Be gentle, take it easy;
3️⃣ Maximize living roots year-round -- Keep roots growing; and
4️⃣ Energize with diversity -- Thrive with diversity.
Soil loss and erosion can occur by rainfall or wind. Kim Melton, the soil health coordinator for the Red River Basin Commission, emphasizes that soil loss by wi
