Intense Drought is Amplifying Differences in Calmer's Fertilizer and Stratification Studies
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2023
- Calmer Owner Marion Calmer discusses the differences he is seeing during a study on one of his farms. The 1st plot has no P&K and is measuring about 20 inches high with some yellowing of the leaves. The 2nd plot which has P&K spread on the surface is measuring about 30 inches with little to no yellowing of the leaves. The 3rd plot has P&K and was Moldboard and Chiseled Plowed within the last two years. That is measuring at 40 inches with no yellowing of the leaves.
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If we do get some rain the moisture will be where the nutrients are, on top😆 I'd like to see the 20 year no fertilizer moldboarded to compare how much of its the tillage and how much is the fert.
Appreciate your diligent work!
The other obvious is your trips across the field, wear on your machinery, etc. strip till seems to be the compromise. Microbes in the soil after 15 years of no-till, one would think should be working for you?
Do you topdress corn on a 45 degree angle? If so, what nozzles do you run? Wheat streamer bars? Thank you.
Is this no till or not till with cover crops?
The story is told at harvest....
Seems like you need a dry starter fert on your planter to allow best of both without all the gear for stripping/tillage. Hard to watch you go backwards. Good luck.
While no farm is an island, I’ve been as close to zero input you can get since 2001. Zero till, cover crops, cattle, and the lovely dung beetle. At scale, not a hobby farm. I think that if you went to rye ahead of soybeans, your problems would be over. You don’t have to go full green / organic like me. I strongly support the proper use of synthetic chemistry and genetic mods to enhance more environmentally friendly tillage practices, and the reduction of pesticide use.
I didn’t know you were zero till too. Plus all of your CSA. Wow. Let me know if you have a field day at your farm. From your comments on this channel and others, you’ve got a farm model that should be shared. I’m in Illinois as well. Even if it isn’t a formal field day, you’d be doing the organic community a service.
@@timgulotta7595 I’ve had some get togethers. Mostly to support my 20” soybean custom planting I do while waiting for my cover crops to flower
I beg to differ that it isn’t.