In the photo from 1946, you can see the government's first attempts to stop soil erosion by including terracing in the fields. David Brennan says this took place at his family's Sesquicentennial Farm in Sauk County. He recalls the story of big equipment coming in to put terraces in the side of the hill. This is a common practice today in row cropping. His grandfather was the one who purchased the now 157-year-old farm. David and his wife own it today. In the 1960s, they took the terraces out and went to contour strips. They are strictly no-till for the field management. They sold the cows in 2007 and went from milking cows to raising beef. David and wife have a daughter and son-in-law who are interested in continuing the farming tradition.
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