As flooding and erosion rises, more farmers buck tradition and plant cover crops

FARIBAULT, Minn. – When the earthworms started coming back, Tim Little knew he was doing something right.

Little, who farms north of Faribault, saw more worms in his fields, gathering piles of dead plants above their holes, after he made a drastic departure from farming tradition. He planted cover crops in them over winter.

http://www.startribune.com/as-flooding-and-erosion-rises-more-farmers-buck-tradition-and-plant-cover-crops/566242202/