Ricky Wiggins discusses soil health stewardship. Wiggins operates Wiggins Farm in Andalusia, Alabama in Covington County. The family farm has been operating for more than 45 years.

Wiggins said when he began working with his dad in 1972, the farm used conventional tillage practices. Years later, Wiggins and his father decided to try strip tilling. Wiggins Farm has used conservation tillage ever since. Learn more about Wiggins Farm’s use of cover crops in this edition of Alabama Soil Health Stewards with Ricky Wiggins.