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Ashley Licking - Integrating Livestock Producer Stories Webinar Series
Ashley Licking farms and ranches near Guide Rock, Nebraska with her wonderful husband Brett. Currently a student at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Ashley plans to graduate in December 2024 with a degree in Animal Science. After graduation the couple is set to move back home to take over the family operation.
The team at Green Cover not only delivers high quality cover crop seed, but also educational content on topics of soil heath and cover crops.
If you love our CZcams content, dive into our other great resources like the Soil Health Resource Guide: greencover.com/freeguides
At Green Cover, we grow, clean, mix, and deliver the highest quality cover crop seed directly to agricultural producers across the United States.
Our faith-based company is built by farmers, family-owned and united in our purpose to help farmers regenerate, steward and share God's creation for future generations.
We'd love to provide you with excellent quality seed, expert cover crop advice, and a custom seed blend designed to meet your goals for your field.
Contact our expert sales team at (402) 469-6784 or info@greencover.com
Or visit us online at greencover.com
Build your own custom mix at smartmix.greencoverseed.com
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Michael Detweiler - Integrating Livestock Producer Stories Webinar Series
zhlédnutí 1,2KPřed 19 hodinami
Michael was raised on a small farm in central Illinois growing Christmas Trees, beef cattle and timber production. After graduating from Chiropractic College, he returned to the area and began a small direct to consumer 100% grass-fed beef operation with his wife and children while maintaining a full-time wellness practice focused on teaching that wellness begins with diet and lifestyle. The cl...
Trust in Food initiative - Opportunities for Farmer Funding of Soil Health Practices
zhlédnutí 302Před 28 dny
Many Climate-Smart Commodity grant programs are becoming available in 2024, giving producers across the USA opportunities to be compensated for adopting regenerative practices. In this video series, we hope to highlight a few of the available programs to help you determine which programs might be a good fit for your operation. Join Keith Berns and Andy Lyon as they discuss the Trust in Food Ini...
Foot Crimping Overwintering Mix in a Garden
zhlédnutí 981Před měsícem
Have you ever wondered how to crimp cover crop on a small scale? Our Marketing Director, Jonathan, is demonstrating how to do just that! Jonathan did end up tarping after crimping in order to fully terminate the vetch. The same six soil health principles of minimize soil disturbance, integrate livestock, keep soils covered, maximize diversity, maintain living roots and of course, know your cont...
Regenerative Seed Growers: Ed Baumgartner
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed měsícem
Our guest is Non-GMO Seed Corn Producer Ed Baumgartner of Bass Hybrids. Ed comes from multiple generations of seed growers, with his great uncles starting out in the 1930's growing the first hybrid corn in their area. Starting young, Ed rented his first farm at 16 in Olivia, Minnesota, otherwise known as the Corn Capital. His father died in a plane crash two years later which led to his family ...
Showy Flower Mix
zhlédnutí 809Před měsícem
Many cover crop species will have colorful blooms which add good aesthetic value and pollinator habitat, however, some situations call for a little extra flare. Join Green Cover Sales Representative Davis Behle in our test plots for a tour of our Showy Flower Mix. This mix combines true, showy flowers that you would traditionally find in the flower seed aisle as well as popular cover crop speci...
Cattle or Combine? Planting a Forage Mix on Row Crop Ground
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed měsícem
Join Keith Berns and Jeff Stephen in a 15-minute discussion about why now might be a good time to plant a forage mix on your row crop ground. The team at Green Cover not only delivers high quality cover crop seed, but also educational content on topics of soil heath and cover crops. If you love our CZcams content, dive into our other great resources like the Soil Health Resource Guide: greencov...
Regenerative Seed Growers: Vance McCoy
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed měsícem
Our guest for this webinar, Vance McCoy, has been farming in Southwest Nebraska for over 30 years. The McCoy farm grows traditional cash crops such as corn, soybeans, and wheat on irrigated and non irrigated land. Cover crops are a big part of the system and he grows cover crop seed including cereal rye, buckwheat, hairy vetch, oats and triticale for Green Cover Seeds and for his own company, T...
Regenerative Seed Growers: John Heermann
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 2 měsíci
Our guest John Heermann is a dryland farmer in Haxtun, Colorado growing rye, wheat, triticale, vetch, buckwheat, sorghum, flax and chickpeas and other seed crops for Green Cover. He grew up farming with his dad, but John points to self-education and experimentation as the path that brought him to regenerative agriculture. Heermann’s yields have been steady, but his profit margins have improved ...
What to Consider When Terminating Cover Crops
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed 2 měsíci
How can we ensure successful termination this spring? Join Davis Behle and Zach Louk from our sales team in a discussion about what to consider when terminating cover crops. We'll cover reasons for early or late timing as well as different methods such as chemical, roller crimping, and grazing. At Green Cover, we grow, clean, mix, and deliver the highest quality cover crop seed directly to agri...
Regenerative Seed Growers: Scott Scheimer
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 2 měsíci
Our guest is Scott Scheimer, a third generation farmer on his family farm in Eastern Colorado. He is in his 33rd year of farming. A CSU Ag Business graduate, Scott is transitioning from a full till to no-till operation and diversifying as many crops as his current equipment will allow. Scott also does custom cattle care, is a partner in a shrimp grow, and is the founder/CEO of SimpleFarms, an e...
Soil Health Makes Sense, But Does it Make $$$$?
zhlédnutí 12KPřed 2 měsíci
It's easy to agree that soil health makes sense for the farmer and the environment. But is it profitable? Green Cover co-founder Keith Berns seeks to provide some answers in this deep dive into the numbers of regenerative agriculture. Keith presented this talk at the Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference at Green Cover's location in Iola, Kansas. At Green Cover, we grow, clean, mix, and deliv...
Regenerative Seed Growers: Jeff Steffen
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 2 měsíci
Join Nebraska farmer Jeff Steffen and Green Cover co-founder and co-owner Keith Berns in this discussion about growing regenerative seed. Jeff Steffen and his wife Jolene operate a 600-acre farm in northeast Nebraska. Jeff has had extended rotation since 2015 which includes raising oats, rye and peas for cover crop seed, in addition to corn and soybeans cash crops. Integrating livestock is a ke...
Regenerative Seed Growers: Keith Berns and John Kempf
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 2 měsíci
Where do your seeds come from and why does it matter? Join John Kempf and Keith Berns in a fascinating discussion about the importance of seed that has been produced in farming systems that prioritize plant nutrition. John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a plant nutrition and biostimulants consulting company. A top expert in the field of biological and regenerative farming, J...
It's a Warm Spring... When Can I start Planting?
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed 3 měsíci
Warm spring temps have everyone antsy and excited to get outside and plant. According to the soil temperature map, most regions across the country are reporting higher than average soil temperatures in 2024, which means planting really could come sooner compared to past years. Join Dylan Kuhn and Nathan Choat for a quick discussion of when to start planting this spring. At Green Cover, we grow,...
Rebuilding our Soils - Keith Berns
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 4 měsíci
Rebuilding our Soils - Keith Berns
Soil-Changing Farmers - Dan Janski, Augusta, Minnesota
zhlédnutí 3,4KPřed 6 měsíci
Soil-Changing Farmers - Dan Janski, Augusta, Minnesota
Soil Changing Farmers - Reece Klug from Columbus, Nebraska.
zhlédnutí 2KPřed 6 měsíci
Soil Changing Farmers - Reece Klug from Columbus, Nebraska.
Soil-Changing Farmers: Ronnie Nuckols
zhlédnutí 3,3KPřed 7 měsíci
Soil-Changing Farmers: Ronnie Nuckols
Soil-Changing Farmers: Zack and Montica O'Crowley
zhlédnutí 2,7KPřed 7 měsíci
Soil-Changing Farmers: Zack and Montica O'Crowley
High Diversity Mix
zhlédnutí 3,5KPřed 7 měsíci
High Diversity Mix
Corn Inter-seeding Trials
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 9 měsíci
Corn Inter-seeding Trials
Identifying the plants growing in your Milpa garden
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 9 měsíci
Identifying the plants growing in your Milpa garden
2023 Green Cover Soil Health Field Days
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 11 měsíci
2023 Green Cover Soil Health Field Days
Cover Crops and Moisture Usage
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 11 měsíci
Cover Crops and Moisture Usage
The Fallow Fallacy Part 2 with John Heerman
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 11 měsíci
The Fallow Fallacy Part 2 with John Heerman
The Fallow Fallacy with Nicole Masters
zhlédnutí 15KPřed rokem
The Fallow Fallacy with Nicole Masters
Failed Wheat Acres... Now What?
zhlédnutí 2,1KPřed rokem
Failed Wheat Acres... Now What?
2023 Milpa First Acre Program
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed rokem
2023 Milpa First Acre Program
MycoGreen NPK
zhlédnutí 2,4KPřed rokem
MycoGreen NPK

Komentáře

  • @jasontoolan3816
    @jasontoolan3816 Před 13 hodinami

    Way to grow!

  • @autonomous_collective

    👍

  • @Nightowl5454
    @Nightowl5454 Před 2 dny

    A follow-up video for this would be interesting to see what the harvest numbers were at.

  • @josephuicker3872
    @josephuicker3872 Před 3 dny

    I wonder how root exudates can attract microbiology in the soil, to the roots. Ants are known to harvest the honeydew from aphids. I suspect that ants or other arthropods or earthworms are harvesting root exudates. These arthropods carry the beneficial bacteria to the roots in their holobionts.

  • @pedrofigueroa1941
    @pedrofigueroa1941 Před 4 dny

    How much potential do you see for using rhizophagia to control Huanglongbing in citrus? Are you aware of some research group exploring this approach?

  • @paulvandenberg5341
    @paulvandenberg5341 Před 6 dny

    Y’all are doing great education. Thank you.

  • @stevecobb7844
    @stevecobb7844 Před 7 dny

    I had some over grazed unfertilized pasture. I got a soil test. Added lime to all. Fertilized to test recommendations on on feild per year. Excellent results on all, especially the fertilized fields. Also reduced size of herd. Divided the fields with much more rest periods. I am on the fence about cover crops to get an early start with next springs grazing season.

  • @nicholasforti9948
    @nicholasforti9948 Před 8 dny

    Great information!!!

  • @Yotaciv
    @Yotaciv Před 11 dny

    Mycorrhizal fungi helps deliver phosphorus to plants but mycorrhizal fungi don’t like phosphorus that much?

    • @keithberns910
      @keithberns910 Před 11 dny

      If phosphorus fertilizer is applied, then the plant does not have incentive to feed the Mycorrhizal fungi to aquire the P from the soil. So the Mycorrhizal fungi will not thrive in a high P fertility environment because the plant does not "need" them

  • @honeydocraftsman4504
    @honeydocraftsman4504 Před 12 dny

    Might have been a good video if we knew your location.

  • @teunishage
    @teunishage Před 16 dny

    Soil, life in general, it's diversity and complexity, relative stability and resilience, abbundance etcetera . And we the people with our (earth) foreign synthetic cracked materials are just zoning it to a certain death. How to stop this lunacy immediately?

  • @user-ey5mc1tl3z
    @user-ey5mc1tl3z Před 26 dny

    Hi

  • @faruq4153
    @faruq4153 Před 26 dny

    "I like this webinar. I see networks, roots that always have mutualistic symbiosis. Like a semiconductor network. However, by creating a social biome, by creating a variety of plants, it will create a social biome, which will also affect the types of beetles in the agricultural land ecology, causing pest populations to increase. I am interested in the discussion on 'lignin'."

  • @nommindymple6241
    @nommindymple6241 Před 27 dny

    You're transplanting into your crimped cover crop. If broadcasting seed, is there any hope for success in a crimped cover crop? If I crimp before broadcasting, I don't think the seed will make contact with the ground. If I crimp after broadcasting, the emerging plant might not be able to penetrate the crimped cover crop to reach the light.

    • @GreenCoverSeed
      @GreenCoverSeed Před 8 dny

      I agree- I don't think broadcasting has much chance of success in a crimped cover crop. You can clear the residue away after the crimped cover crop is dead, but a different termination method (perhaps mowing and tarping or tilling under) might work better for that application.

  • @autonomous_collective

    👍

  • @autonomous_collective

    Rest for a year is understood as soil rest every sunday. Which equals 52 days a years. Multiply 7 yrs by: 52 x 7 = 364 days which equals a year. 😃

  • @autonomous_collective

    Keith Berns six fundamental truths of BioGrace? 1) Solar energy is free and plants are the best way to capture it. 2) Carbon is not a problem - Its free food for plants and biology. 3) Nitrogen is free and abundant. 4) Soils are rich in plant nutrients and minerals. 5) Soil biology makes the system bigger, faster, stronger. 6) Water is essential to all life and the process.

  • @figandcloverranch5871

    Can’t wait , broadcasting your “Summer Release” into my standing Rye (then terminating) this weekend or next week; watching for rain 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @user-vw3hs4ou1w
    @user-vw3hs4ou1w Před 29 dny

    I have been doing hand crimping for a while and it works great...very empowering for gardeners! Boy you got a lot to hand crimp there....gonna get ripped!

  • @leonardpearlman4017
    @leonardpearlman4017 Před měsícem

    NEMATODES! People sometimes joke about "what is a weed, anyway?"... I usually say a "weed" is something that's resistant to nematodes! If you can eat it, too? I'm a fan already. I meant to plant this a few years ago, and am just getting around to it now... and had to watch the video a few more times since I forgot everything. Thanks for bringing this obscure topic!

  • @chiltepierce
    @chiltepierce Před měsícem

    Vance McCoy you should have talked about the amazing influence that John Kempf and AEA products have had in your operation. 😂

  • @paulvandenberg5341
    @paulvandenberg5341 Před měsícem

    I did something similar with a broken snowboard and two pieces of angled iron. The straps let you hop with both feet. Quite a workout! Did one 4x20 raised bed a day.

  • @nommindymple6241
    @nommindymple6241 Před měsícem

    Thanks for this. I appreciate your putting out videos to help us non-commercial (i.e. smaller stands of plants/cover crops and missing equipment) people figure out how to handle our cover crops around the house.

  • @earlmanigault4020
    @earlmanigault4020 Před měsícem

    how much can you do for 1 hour?thx

    • @GreenCoverSeed
      @GreenCoverSeed Před měsícem

      It's relatively tiring work-It takes me about 10 minutes to very thoroughly crimp one of our 70 ft rows, and after that, I'm ready for a short break. So probably a couple hours total for the 10 rows we had overwintering mix planted in our garden this year.

    • @earlmanigault4020
      @earlmanigault4020 Před měsícem

      @@GreenCoverSeed thanks!

  • @j2brewer
    @j2brewer Před měsícem

    Do you plan to tarp for awhile or cover with cardboard before transplanting or just crimp and wait a week or two then transplant?

    • @GreenCoverSeed
      @GreenCoverSeed Před měsícem

      I'm not planning on tarping since we waited until anthesis. I've had good success with tarping after crimping in the past, so it will be interesting to see how this does without the tarp.

    • @GreenCoverSeed
      @GreenCoverSeed Před 8 dny

      I did end up tarping. The rye terminated very well, but the vetch did not. A week under a black tarp did the trick. In the future, I will plan to tarp immediately after crimping unless it's just rye.

    • @j2brewer
      @j2brewer Před 7 dny

      @@GreenCoverSeed Thanks for the followup. Good to know.

  • @denniskemnitz1381
    @denniskemnitz1381 Před měsícem

    Please Send us a followup pic esp showing effective and successful crimping action. Dennis

    • @keithberns910
      @keithberns910 Před měsícem

      Yes, I think that Jonathan is planning on doing a follow up video later in the season to show the garden growing in the crimped residue

  • @shawnh8754
    @shawnh8754 Před měsícem

    Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Both of you. It's encouraging to hear that younger people are showing interest!

  • @fionajane56
    @fionajane56 Před měsícem

    People will have to refence all the land 😅

  • @farmerpete0768
    @farmerpete0768 Před měsícem

    Thank you for the video, I farm in Washington state and because of your video, I was able to attend

  • @elizabethh257
    @elizabethh257 Před měsícem

    Exciting work!

  • @serikramazanov3531
    @serikramazanov3531 Před měsícem

    He was done a great job in developing corn genetics

  • @teamna1
    @teamna1 Před měsícem

    Could some type of grass herbicide be used to controll weeds in a plot like this ?

    • @keithberns910
      @keithberns910 Před měsícem

      Yes, Clethodim would control grasses in this mix but would not do anything for other broadleaf weeds

    • @teamna1
      @teamna1 Před měsícem

      @keithburns910 Thanks.

  • @richardheinen1126
    @richardheinen1126 Před měsícem

    This guy better get a bullet proof vest.

    • @serikramazanov3531
      @serikramazanov3531 Před měsícem

      based on what he has done looks like he builded up bullet proof vest.

  • @NatureHerbsandTea.
    @NatureHerbsandTea. Před měsícem

    Very nice ❤️ 👌 👍 👏 Thank you ❤️

  • @bpsreston1
    @bpsreston1 Před měsícem

    Great dialog and its awesome to see conversations back and forth sparking new ideas. Gods blessings on this years growing season gentlemen

  • @ericjohnsoncf
    @ericjohnsoncf Před měsícem

    Does hybrid mean GMO? Is roundup ready GMO? Just asking for info

    • @keithberns910
      @keithberns910 Před měsícem

      Good question... Hybrid simply means taking or combing the genes from two plants of the same species using natural methods - this happens all of the time - both in nature and in plant breeding and this is NOT a GMO because it is just using the genetic variability found within the same plant species. GMO is when a plant has had their genetic makeup altered to exhibit traits that are not naturally theirs. In general, genes are taken (copied) from one organism that shows a desired trait and transferred into the genetic code of another organism.

    • @RaechelBaumgartner
      @RaechelBaumgartner Před měsícem

      Great explanation, Keith!

  • @dnawormcastings
    @dnawormcastings Před měsícem

    Great video 🇳🇿❤️

  • @rdraffkorn3184
    @rdraffkorn3184 Před měsícem

    will this flower mix work to bring back a poor soil area to get it ready for a more typical cover mix. helping to rejuvenate a poor spot . or does it need an improved soil to get going for the pollinators?

    • @keithberns910
      @keithberns910 Před měsícem

      I would not start with this mix in really tough soils - it is too expensive for the first steps. Start with a really diverse mix like Warm Season Soil Builder or the High Diversity mix. These mixes will have a lot more plant families that can express themselves in different environmental conditions.

  • @briankubik5041
    @briankubik5041 Před měsícem

    Need videos like this that long face to face are like a book without pictures.

  • @mtpocketswoodenickle2637
    @mtpocketswoodenickle2637 Před měsícem

    Were these planted with a grain drill?

  • @user-kb1ug7go3m
    @user-kb1ug7go3m Před měsícem

    it is one of the nicest cover crop mixes i have ever seen, looks great, very big influence to biota and good roots for penetretion soil deep, its very good idea!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @nommindymple6241
    @nommindymple6241 Před měsícem

    Thanks for this video. It's much easier to see what the mix will look like in a video than in the photos on your web site. Could you do a video on your Perennial Pollinator mix as a comparison? The web page for that mix has just one closeup photo of one flower. EDIT: And, while I'm at it, you have two new mixes on your site: "Honeybee and Pollinator Production" and "Annual Summer Honey Mix." Videos of those mixes would be great. Plus, you should have links on the product pages to those videos.

  • @keithberns910
    @keithberns910 Před měsícem

    Yes, the deer will nibble on these. The flowers will attract a lot of insects that will provide good bugging for turkeys

  • @carlkrohn6034
    @carlkrohn6034 Před měsícem

    Do deer or turkey benefit any from these plants?

  • @Papawcanner
    @Papawcanner Před měsícem

    Great audio

  • @jimbledsoe9083
    @jimbledsoe9083 Před měsícem

    When more of our neighbors adopt regenerative practices we will have more rain and greater overall abundance. @21:08 or so, in talking about the timing of cover crop termination and water, the small water cycle and the effects of the biotic pump brings to mind a question of how rainfall is encouraged and created by the existence of growing plants.

  • @dnawormcastings
    @dnawormcastings Před měsícem

    Great video 🇳🇿❤️

  • @jimbledsoe9083
    @jimbledsoe9083 Před 2 měsíci

    Some farmers are employing mobile composting cover crop terminators that vacuum up the most recent plant cycle, composts them, and then adding to the farm nutrient cycling, automatically deposits the finished product on living soil where it is reincorporated. These wonderful siem autonomous self-replicating farm management tools also give meat and dairy by-products!?

  • @lyudmylasharma7768
    @lyudmylasharma7768 Před 2 měsíci

    If pea seeds are the goal, then 70:30 by seed count with rye; 60:40 with barley or oats are common ratios used all over in Europe. Winter fava beans, peas, barley or oats, and canola grow together well and separate easily for Martin Williams from Down Under.

  • @michelbisson6645
    @michelbisson6645 Před 2 měsíci

    what should be optimal acidity mainly if it is biomass sawdust dominant