This is the first in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture.

Joe Newland is president of Kansas Farm Bureau. He and his wife, Dana, farm 4,000 acres of wheat, corn, soybeans and hay, in addition to managing a 450-head cow-calf beef cattle herd.

Q. How would you define the term regenerative agriculture? Do you practice this on your farm?

A. I think regenerative agriculture is a new term for the things farmers and ranchers have been doing for a long time to create healthy, thriving soil. It’s been our mindset to make the land better for the next generation, and we’ve always been mindful of that.

There are a lot of factors that go into building soil and in our area we’ve been able to enhance the ecology of our soi

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