Tyler Harris PROFIT BOOSTER: The West Union Soil Health Academy school will offer a mix of demonstrations, expert presentations and hands-on experience — all geared to help producers quickly and practically improve soil function and increase net per-acre profits. Soil Health Academy will hold a three-day regenerative ag school at the Steinlage farm near West Union, Iowa, in June. Apr 07, 2021 "Necessity" is said to be the "mother of invention." For West Union, Iowa, farmer Loran Steinlage, it was the necessity of finding a way to survive economically that led him down the path of regenerative agriculture. It also led him to develop unconventional cropping methods that "push the envelope" with equipment adaptations, interseed cover crops and use diverse crop rotations.