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Less Failures. More Success.
- The Problem
- The Solution
Soil health & taking farm risks can be difficult.
In the field & on the bottom line.
Every decision you make is critical. From equipment changes, cover crop species, timing, & key management decisions – you want to get it right the first time.
When farmers have a negative experience adopting a practice, they are highly unlikely to try that practice again. At Farm Advisor we solve this problem by pairing you with a farmer mentor who has already spent decades implementing these same conservation and soil-health practices & changes on their own farms – helping you avoid mistakes & pitfalls so you can fast-track your own success, profitability, and resiliency.
A community you can count on.
Advice. Ideas. Support. Mentorship.
Farmer Led & Farmer Driven, without the red tape. Your Farm Advisor is with you every step of the way.
From napkin sketch to implementation.
- Equipment Advice.
- Cover Crop Species.
- Key Management Decisions.
With decades of on-farm conservation & soil health experience, your Farm advisor is a partner you count on every season to overcome challenges on your own farms & setting you up for success today and for generations to come.
Helping farmers be more successful & profitable is in our roots.
For More successful farm outcomes, connect with a Farm Advisor today.
For Farmers with a desire to learn & adopt soil health practices.
Fast-tracking success, profitability, & resiliency.
Dear Farmers,
Your operation runs on results — and that includes the ground it’s built on. Soil health isn’t just about stewardship; it’s about performance, resilience, and return on investment. By applying proven soil-health strategies backed by decades of on-farm experience, you can strengthen yields, lower input costs, and protect your land’s productivity for the next generation.
Your local farm advisor is here to help you implement strategies that make conservation pay – including large scale farm operations— from data-driven practice selection to cost-share opportunities and practical management adjustments that fit your acres. Let’s turn conservation into a competitive advantage on your farm.
The overarching goal of the program is to get to scale, measured in numbers of acres with soil health practices.
Results
Through farmer-led education, peer mentoring, and hands-on collaboration, we deliver outcomes that matter to small and large-scale producers:
- Faster, lower-risk adoption of proven soil health practices that fit real-world row crop operations
- Practical, data-driven tools that flatten the learning curve and reduce trial-and-error costs
- Greater return on every conservation dollar invested through smarter implementation strategies
- Sustained profitability and practice retention long after financial assistance programs end
- Stronger peer networks built by farmers, for farmers — sharing strategies that work at scale
- Tangible environmental and operational results, including improved water quality, reduced input losses, and long-term protection of productive soils
Farm Advisor is farmer initiated & farmer led, supported by top Indiana agricultural institutions.
- Administrative Board
- Mentor Vetting Committee
Governance and Administration Committee
About the Board
A 5-person board of farmers consisting of 3 regional representatives (North, Central, and South) + 2 at-large representatives. The board directs the overall program, including financial and governance decisions.
Northern Region
- Jamie Scott
Central Region
- Rodney Rulon
Southern Region
- Mike Brocksmith
At-Large Members
- Cameron Mills
- Dan DeSutter
Non-Voting Members
- Jim Mosely, former Under Secretary of Ag USDA
- Lisa Holscher, Director, Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative
A three-person committee of farmers appointed by the board to vet conservation farming mentors & farmer mentees who desire to adopt successful soil health and conservation practices on their own farms.
Farm Advisors | Supporting & Sustaining Farmer Success at adopting conservation & soil health practices.
Next Steps
FarmAdvisor is being developed in a “crawl-walk-run” model. From the outset, the program is managed administratively by the Indiana Soybean Alliance(ISA). The program has financial support from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council / Indiana Soybean Alliance, the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and donations from farmer-members, and non-operating landowners of the group.
- Over 30+ Mentors stand at the ready as the first Farm Advisors
- Applications for Farmer Mentees are available