Gianna How would a girl like me get involved with a job you have? – Knuteson Surprisingly, there’s a lot of job out there in agriculture in the – future and as the future comes there’s actually going to be more opportunities. And by having these collaborative efforts such as the NSSI, the researchers are able to work with growers and they find out really, on farm situations, what some of the needs are and where the research focuses can be, and what kind of research dollars they should get to do that. Jacob It almost seems like a symbiotic relationship again. People working – together? Deana Knuteson It’s very important to work together. Not only the growers and – the researchers but researchers across various departments because that’s how we make the best research advances and are able to implement them on the farm in the most efficient manners. Gianna How many farmers are actually being sustainable? – Deana Knuteson Growers have to be to be in business today, it’s what the markets – are requiring. But a lot of them are being more innovative and actually looking at some of the non-ag landscapes and the ecological restoration efforts they do on those areas. (electronic music) Jacob This isn’t a farm. What’s this? – Deana Knuteson Part of being sustainable is to take your non lands – –agriculture and work with those too. And this is an example of that on this farm, where they have actually put pines and oaks and pollinator species around to help manage the landscape as a whole and work with the insects and native species and nesting birds that would need these kinds of areas. And this is really important for farmland and for native bees and butterflies and insects that need these kinds of plants to survive. Gianna We’ve seen a lot of sustainable practices, but this takes the cake. – Deana Knuteson This is getting to be more and more common in farmland and in – sustainability and it’s something that I think is going to expand even more in the future. But growers want to do this type of work to merge agriculture and conservation together. Jacob It seems that the soybean industry gets more and more sustainable over – time. Is that true?
Gianna – How would a girl like me get involved with a job you have? Knuteson – Surprisingly, there’s a lot of job out there in agriculture in the future and as the future comes there’s actually going to be more opportunities. And by having these collaborative efforts such as the NSSI, the researchers are able to work with growers and they find out really, on farm situations, what some of the needs are and where the research focuses can be, and what kind of research dollars they should get to do that. Jacob – It almost seems like a symbiotic relationship again. People working together? Deana Knuteson – It’s very important to work together. Not only the growers and the researchers but researchers across various departments because that’s how we make the best research advances and are able to implement them on the farm in the most efficient manners. Gianna – How many farmers are actually being sustainable? Deana Knuteson – Growers have to be to be in business today, it’s what the markets are requiring. But a lot of them are being more innovative and actually looking at some of the non-ag landscapes and the ecological restoration efforts they do on those areas. (electronic music) Jacob – This isn’t a farm. What’s this? Deana Knuteson – Part of being sustainable is to take your non –agriculture lands and work with those too. And this is an example of that on this farm, where they have actually put pines and oaks and pollinator species around to help manage the landscape as a whole and work with the insects and native species and nesting birds that would need these kinds of areas. And this is really important for farmland and for native bees and butterflies and insects that need these kinds of plants to survive. Gianna – We’ve seen a lot of sustainable practices, but this takes the cake. Deana Knuteson – This is getting to be more and more common in farmland and in sustainability and it’s something that I think is going to expand even more in the future. But growers want to do this type of work to merge agriculture and conservation together. Jacob – It seems that the soybean industry gets more and more sustainable over time. Is that true?
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