Episode 56, Keith Dennis, Rolling Hills Co.
By Dusty Sonnenberg, CCA, Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and Soybean Check-off
There is more than the topography that is “rolling” at Rolling Fields Company in Perry County. When Keith Dennis and his wife Jane purchased the farm in 1976, this rolling farm ground had water rolling any time it received heavy rains, cutting deep gullies. Erosion was a huge concern. Since 2011, Keith has planted cover crops and has begun utilizing the Haney Soil Health test. Now, the rolling fields are green and covered with a mixture of cover crops. Today, the main things rolling are the numbers and spreadsheet data from over a decade of soil health test results. Dusty and Keith discuss the farm’s transition to high productivity in this podcast episode and look ahead to the future.