I talked with Regional Crops Extension Educator Angie Peltier about helping farmers take the first step to better soil health.

peer pressure is a big thing, even when you live and farm 10 miles from your nearest neighbor.

Everybody drives to town, everybody gets to see what everybody else is doing, and tongues wag, but you're exactly right.

There's no shame in trying something new.

One of the most frustrating things I hear people say is, well, this is just how we do it.

Well, Are we doing everything the same way that we did in 1950? No, we don't see moldboard plows out anymore.

So things change over time.

So with that, Angie, I'm going to hand it over to you and Basically, if you want to introduce what you've been working on in this area and what you've been seeing, especially this spring or summer.

You bet.

Thank you, Anthony, and welcome to Meg here today.

I'd like to tell everybody a story this morning, and I'm going to thank you in advance for your attention to this matter because in my mind, not anything that we will talk about this summer during this podcast series is more important than the topic we're going to be talking about here today.

And that is mental health.

And I will tell you a little bit about myself.

I am a plant pathologist by training.

And so please know that there are those resources out there to help you and to help your farmers.