Regenerative agriculture offers promise of crop, environmental improvement for Kansas farmers

By: Dale Hogg

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,512

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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TIMKEN — On a hilltop field in Rush County, Kevin Wiltse stabbed his spade into plant residue-encrusted earth and turned over a shovelful of dark soil. He knelt, scooped up a fistful of moist, porous dirt and crumbled it in his fingers. He was not alone; earthworms poked out from the clods, and there were signs of dung beetles and other tiny creatures as well.

“This is a good thing,” said Wiltse, a Timken-area farmer. …

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