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Great conversation! Was sad that it had to end. We think alot about planting different cash crops together to harvest together to substitute the absence of some cover crops. Like seeding wheat,field-peas and canola together. Harvest them together then separate the grain later. Someone should get Christene and pin a mic to her for the rest of the month! 😂

Can someone please tell me what “pheneagrig’ is and what the correct spelling is of this plant so I can track it down in NZ

Great conversation!!!

calcium nitrate - both calcium and nitrate are vegetative growth nutrients...

Wow, thank you. This is my best education ever in such a short time commitment! I am so sadden that Christine is going to retire for good. She is beyond amazing so so knowledgable. I hope she is going to write a book.... please, please. I would pay for it in advance. Thank you John!

I agree with the tillage point made here. Mindful tillage!

Wondering why everyone crimps instead of flail mows

Has the knowledge regarding foliar absorption of Ca changed? I noted Accelerate is advised as a foliar (primarily) and that the principle ingredients included calcium. Is calcium absorbed by the leaves or is it still primarily a root supplement? Thx.

Hi John, Fantastic podcast. I can't grow cover crops with less that Christine's 4 groups (Grasses, Legumes, low (shallow rooted) herbs and tall (deep rooted) herbs, without feeling I've missed an opportunity! She talks about an research experiment comparing ryegrass with a 4-way mix where it is demonstrated that diversity can replace 200 kg on Nitrogen fertilizer. In other words, fertilizer is a poor (and very expensive!) substitute for diversity!!! Can you provide a link for the "Manokam"? farm diversity experiment - I would like to understand exactly what spices they combined. Thanks for your terrific output over the last few months. Jon.

Don't be shy about discussions more advanced than "basics for beginners", some of us are actively looking for more advanced fare.

The thumbnail is earthworm, does it correlate with reducing soils? TQ

Interesting. My sister linked me to this. I was/am a farmer and on youtube farming wheat. Cool channel. Subscribed

Y'all, its the Jena Experiment they are referencing. 16 different plants: 4 different species each per functional group, 4 groups total, the more plant families the better. This is only the bare minimum for diversity. As she mentions in her talks, the carbon goes up with the addition of every new plant family. Resilience to heat and drought were always better in the plantings that had at least this minimum amount of diversity. I love her talks. She is the only one who emphasises the importance of flowering species. She even begins some of her presentations with old paintings of flowers in fields to give historical context. I think shes mentioned that flower color may be an indication of nutrition the fields have as well (will have to have another listen.) She also refers to old journals from men who were early european discoverers of some of the landscapes of Austrailia and America and the references to the depths of the rich soils and how springy the soils were is absolutely wild. Supposedly, there were lands in Austrlia that had a high degree of drought tolerance in lush grass land areas, looking like they were impervious to the heat on 90-degree days. Im so grateful for this conversation, but I know there had to be much more, and I do hope that the two of you get it written down as soon as possible. As you said, many gold nuggets! Like the legume issue; I'm sure it's more complicated than this but I had heard her mention that legumes sometimes hindered soil-building but I don't remember her expounding much on this topic, so Im glad to have more understanding. I actually e-mailed Dr. Jones with some questions once, and she responded! But then I asked more, and she had to politely tell me to get lost because she was at work. : ) I am still wishing for a book in her retirement. the-jena-experiment.de/index.php/news/page/2 That is the link to the Jena Experiment site. I would highly recommend any talk she has for free on youtube and listening to them multiple times with pen and paper in hand, but especially her Green Cover Seed series. For people who may get a bit lost in her explainations: go to her site and click on the ACRES USA interview she has posted there. She explains the Liquid Carbon Pathway in very simple terms. John, you both mentioned in this talk that people seem to need a lot of the old info you've already touched on. Can we expect you to give your own, unplugged talk soon? Both of you, Mr. Clark! I would hate for you two to never get that information out to the public, and die with the really good stuff, or even forget it because you have no one to discuss it with! I think your talk with Matt Powers is as weird and out there as I've ever heard you, and I loved it! I know a lot of others would love more of that, too. -Katherin

Excellent conversation! This very group of individuals has had an enormous impact on the way I farm and how I talk about managing land. Our pilot agroforestry site has been largely designed with Christine's public advice in mind. Everything revolves around supporting biodiverse plant communities to restore degraded soil. Along with our first time putting sap analysis into a foliar program, I think we are just beginning to see results. Thank you!

The microbes are the workers that grow everything: us and our plants 🙂 Have sufficient workers & we & our plants grow very well 🙂

Fukuoka Masanobu meticulously detailed the yields are comparable with "chemical free" cultivation 🙂 Fukuoka is still the LOWEST COGS & "cleanest" 🙂 The one straw revolution 🙂

Lactobacillus, Fermented plant juice, Oriental Herbal Nutrient, clean straw in a 5 gal. bucket with clean water & seeds will germinate & grow, gentleman 🙂 Thank you for your wonderful work 🙂

Excellent I am from India your podcast made revolutionary change in my knowledge Thanks

Isn't fenugreek a legume?

Thanks will consider the legume information. My observation here is when a farms sward is where a forest once stood then that's not a natural grassland. The soil tends to be very winter wet. Where a forb dominant crop has been put in for grazing animals in this environment then pugging occurs easily because of the lack of dense surface rooting that the absent grasses could have provided so the upper soil level is poorly supported, and protected from heavy cattle stocking. There are relatively few sward species mostly cool season grasses introduced to NZ. Any suggestions?

Reminds me of a couple of farmers recounting what each one interpreted after a particularly good farm discussion meeting. Excellent podcast, thank you.

Has anyone found the list of plant groups they were musing about? Would love to see that. Planting a summer mix tomorrow of sorghum sudan, buckwheat, crimson clover, ladino clover and maybe some rye because I have it.

I am deeply saddened that we will hear no more from Christine but I am so grateful for everything she has taught us. The rest is up to us.

I have learned so much from these podcasts. When people see my garden, they see a mess. I see diversity and abundance.

This webinar was phenomenal (as always)!!

Roasted chicory is a coffee substitute. Retails for $13/pound (organic)

Facebook removed this video from my page within minutes of sharing it...

Sorry wrong video.

Fun thing trying to talk about monopolies and regulatory capture. Facebook removed this video from my timeline within minutes after sharing it

They should call it herbicide/soil-icide. Then those guys who spray RoundUp on their corn to “dry it out” would understand what they are doing to THEIR soil. When they think about killing the plants, of course plants usually have to die for us to eat them. But the plants HOME doesn’t have to be killed. It would be like burning down your house every time you leave it, then trying to re-build it when you get home.

Hi John, have been watching your videos for the last 9 months. I farm 900 acres of irrigation in Victoria, Australia. I have had some "hard pan" issues, which I was told I could only resolve with deep tillage. I typically till to no more than 6-8", which also incorporates about 4 tons of lime and 12 c/m of chicken litter. Those hard pan issues were only resolved after a legume crop (faba beans) was grown. The following crop of wheat yielded 12t/ha, across the whole paddock. The yield gains on that soil has been maintained for the last 5 years. I have maintained this rotation of brasica, cereal, legume, cereal, for the last 6 years. I embarked on this rotation after researching the ability of legumes ( but not alfalfa) to produce large quantities of hydrogen. The theory at the time was that hydrogen was not a fertiliser, but "turbocharged" microbial activity. Any thoughts on that?

Please tell me y'all recorded that event?

You all should look at a farm that inter-seeds organic row crops for soil building and weed suppression instead of crimping. Fresh Starts Farm :)

I hope someone was able to record some of the conversations was able to be recorded.

What I would have given for an invite to that event...

I started stressing out because your open made me think she had passed away. Now my upset she’s retiring. My family is so early on our journey to turn a very trashed piece of land into a regenerative type farm to feed ourselves and my future grandkids and my community. We started as non farmers eating processed food and in 5 years we’ve learned and done so much from you and her and everyone else in this field. I am 40 and have heard nothing but doom and gloom my entire life. Learning about nutrition for me and my plants and how it effects the environment has given me hope for the first time in my life. Thank you for all you do.

Two boys talking about a girl. This is my kind of type 😂

Two regenerative giants discussing the insights they gleaned from other regenerative giants. Wow. Your enthusiasm reminds me of what the first century disciples of Jesus must have felt when they got together and reflected on the lessons they learned from the Master. Thank you both for sharing what you do so well! Your enthusiasm is infectious.

This is next level. . My partner has been breeding and selecting nitrogen fixing field corn for over ten years, so this resonates with us.

Planning a 200 strong pool party for your 4 year old...😅. Thank you John for making biology fun and followable. I appreciate your AEA Chief Storyteller job title. Keep up the open giving spirit that a rebirth of regenerative practices require. We have siloed so much , we don't need bigger barns but share like neighbors.

It seems like soil created plants to feed itself and protect it from sun, wind and rain.

John, I smiled throughout this podcast. So funny. What a clever, attention-getting analogy! You never fail to amaze me. I am writing an article about Soil Health and Sea Turtles. Sounds strange but makes sense. I’ll forward it to you when it’s finished. I met your precious little Grace a few years ago at an Acres conference. ❤ I am certain she is enjoying her summertime pool!

Джон! Добрый день! Сегодня Я прослушал одну из лучших твоих презентаций, пожалуйста,продолжи эту тему также всжатой форме,С уважением Константин Тверской. Всем парням фермерам из Америки огромный Привет.

Someone made a comment on a video of John’s, that he does too much shin kicking. We’ve been making deserts with the plow for 6000 years and polluting the earth with poison for 125. I think a little shin-kicking is long overdue.

Someone made a comment on one of John’s videos that he kicks too many shins. We’ve been making deserts with the plow for 6000 years. I think that a little shin-kicking is long overdue.

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