Colby Hunt, an Illinois farmer and McDonough County Farm Bureau president, recently installed a woodchip bioreactor at the edge of one of his fields, the latest in his family's long history of improving stewardship efforts.

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On Ohio's Wood/Henry County line, farmer Shane Meyer prioritizes trying new farming methods and technologies.