Schultz Legacy Farms

In 2017, Dave and Dusty realized they would like to start incorporating cover crops into their rotation. This led them to form a working relationship with Dana Christel, Soil Conservationist for Fond du Lac County.  Dana spearheaded a soil health program to work with farms in the county to do detailed soil testing on acres where conservation practices were being implemented, to track positive changes in soil over time.  As Dana got to know the Schultz’s, their innovative nature and their goals for their operation, she knew that they would be a great candidate for the Upper Fox Wolf Demonstration Farms Network. 

The Schultz’s plant corn, soybeans, winter wheat, rye for seed, and have incorporated some silage for neighboring farmers into their rotation in the past.  Their involvement in conservation prior to becoming a demo farm is their extensive experience in no-tillage, planting rye cover crops after corn silage, and nutrient management planning.  Their long-term goal is to incorporate cover crops to the extent that fields will be green and covered year-round. 

In 2019, the first year of the demo farms network, Dave and Dusty purchased and used a modified sprayer to inter-seed covers.  They did a late season interseeding and are hoping to see success and good cover this spring during those critical snow melt and spring runoff months.  They also planted a multi species cover crop mix of various grasses, legumes, and brassicas on all of their prevent plant acres this year.  They are interested in utilizing a roller crimper for cover crop management in the future, and continuing to interseed cover crops.