My research and outreach focuses on developing best practice recommendations for Climate-Smart agricultural systems to maximize financial returns, encouraging adoption by farmers. This work is conducted entirely with cooperating farmers in Southeast Wisconsin and focuses on the Climate-Smart cornerstone practices of no-till and cover cropping. Active projects in 2024 include:NCR SARE Project LNC21-456: "Can cover crops pay? Unraveling yield enhancement on a wide-scale to provide incentive for increased adoption."NCR SARE Project ONC23-135: "Finding the sweet spot: rye termination timing to balance weed suppression and yield reduction in green planted no-till soybean."NCR SARE Project FNC24-1436: “Up or down: Should row cleaners be used when planting green into cereal rye?”Wisconsin NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant Project NR225F48 G006: "Addressing transitional economics to increase conservation adoption for Climate-Smart agriculture."Wisconsin DATCP Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program: “Does a cereal rye cover crop change the optimum N rate in corn?”Recently completed:NCR SARE Project ONC21-094: "Can planting green suppress troublesome glyphosate tolerant/ resistant weeds in no-till soybean?"SARE project reports can be found at: https://northcentral.sare.org/project-reports/