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Bret Margraf

Bret Margraf

Nutrient management technician at Seneca Conservation District; fourth-generation regenerative farmer in Ohio practicing no-till, cover crops, and livestock integration for soil health

Jun 1, 2026

3:33
Tell us about your role there.
3:35
Okay.
3:35
I've been with the Soil and Water since, uh, I think 2000, and, uh, the role has ever been changing.
3:41
Uh, started out as ditch maintenance, and from there, shortly after that, shifted into a grant in the Honey Creek Watershed, which, uh, we did a lot of work for six or seven years in Seneca, Crawford, Huron County, working with producers.
3:56
And that was at the beginning of this whole cover crop soil health movement.
4:01
Way back in, like, 2007 was when that sort of kicked off, and, and I kind of feel like that, that jump-started, um, a lot of what we got involved with at the Soil and Water District where we're at.
4:13
Um, I think that we've kind of always been sort of a hub for, uh, the cover crops and the no-till.

7 MINS LATER

11:22
Mm-hmm.

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