Reducing Gully Erosion with Sheep Grazing

Source: Heidi Eger

Beginning farmer Heidi Eger is stabilizing soil and reducing erosion in a gully through managing a wooded buffer strip and sheep grazing. Learn the how and why of what she did.

Heidi was a recipient of a Good Idea Mini-Grant, a program to encourage the adoption of edge-of-field practices and farmer-to-farmer learning about them. Good Idea Mini-Grants were made possible with funding from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Walton Family Foundation.

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Length: 05:21

Year Produced: 2025

State: Minnesota

Cropping Systems: Small Ruminants

Tags: edge-of-field practices, Erosion Control, forest management, Good Idea Mini-Grant, Reduce Runoff, water quality