Old MacDonald Had a Farm

A new spin on an old favorite... Old MacDonald as a conservation farmer! In addition to cows and pigs, this farm features no-till, strip-till, buffers, wetlands, and more to build healthy soils and keep the water clean.
 

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Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm there were some crops, E-I-E-I-O
With some no-till here, and some strip till there
Lots of residue, residue, ev’rywhere there’s residue
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had some cows, E-I-E-I-O
With a moo-moo here, and some fresh milk there
Holstein cows, Jersey cows, mooing, mooing ev’rywhere
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm there were buffer strips, E-I-E-I-O
With some switchgrass here, and some bromegrass there
Protecting from erosion, grasses, grasses ev-rywhere
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had some pigs, E-I-E-I-O
With an oink-oink here, and an oink-oink there
Yorkshires, Hampshires, ham and bacon ev’rywhere
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm there were some wetlands, E-I-E-I-O
With a muskrat here, and a dragonfly there
Lots of ducks, lots of geese, quacking, honking, ev’rywhere
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
There was conservation on that farm, E-I-E-I-O
Building healthy soils, keeping water clean
For birds and bees, you and me, ev’ry creature that may be
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O