Kolousek Family Shares How Soil Health Extends Grazing Season, Keeps Soil from Blowing
Scott and Dick Kolousek raise crops and cattle near Wessington Springs. The farmers have focused on soil health for more than a decade. They recently hosted a soil health tour on their farm. PHOTO COURTESY SDFU
Three years after Rodney Huisman (far left) replaced continuous grazing with rotational grazing of his cattle, the NRCS conservationist for Jerauld County saw an increase of 1,000 pounds of grass per acre. During the soil health tour, attendees were bussed to fields to learn about the Kolousek family’s rotational grazing plan. PHOTO COURTESY SDFU
If you take care of the soil, it will take care of you, explained fourth-generation Wessington Springs farmer, Dick Kolousek.
“The more we can do to keep the soil productive, the more the soil will produce – even in dry years,” Dick said during a Soil Health Tour held on his family farm and hosted by South Dakota Farmers Union and South Dakota Soil Health Coalition.
