Circle G Farms-Kentucky
Spencer Guinn, along with his wife Carly, have owned and operated Circle G Farms in central Kentucky since 2012, when they bought an old dairy farm. They soon transitioned the pastures to crop production, establishing a rotation of corn and soybeans.
Circle G Farms-Kentucky
Counties:
Boyle & Lincoln, Kentucky
Watershed:
Quirks Run-Salt River
Crops:
Corn, rye for grain, and soybeans
Farm Size:
250 acres (205-acres study area)
Soils:
Silt loam; flat hilltops and rolling hills of 2-12% slopes
Soil Health Practices:
Conservation crop rotation and cover crops
AFT developed the methods and analysis for producing these case studies with support from a 2018 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant. All case studies undergo review by NRCS economists and soil health specialists and are co-branded with NRCS’s logo. Producers were interviewed using AFT’s Retrospective Soil Health Economic Calculator (R-SHEC) Questionnaire and Excel-based Tool to gather the quantitative data needed to answer the research question, “Do the on-farm benefits of adopting a soil health practice outweigh the costs?” See the Soil Health Case Studies Methods to learn more.
