Death Reveals Time's Value and Life's Uniqueness
In the words of @VanceCrowe “Death clarifies some shit” I lost my dad when I was younger, and I think it changed how I look at the world I think my fascination with relay cropping is the time aspect of it. You’re always spending time, but you have to make time in life for what matters to you. Time is all we get. The other clarification with death is you only have 1 life. Make the most of it. You appreciate the uniqueness of individuals. Many times what made them a little different is what made you remember them. Focusing on 1. 1 plant. See things in the lens of other living things.
Narrower Alleys Boost Corn Yield and Reduce Manure
Simple physiological landscape design. How big are the plants going to become? How can we arrange for maximum photosynthesis? This 🐖 💩 plot turns the 100” gaps to 60” gaps 602 bu corn on the footprint in the alley 🌽 Can 50% make 301?...
Affordable Multi‑Drop Planters Needed for Intercropping Boom
Saw this on our relay group on Facebook. I see big box planters in South America. Would be really cool to see some manufacturer make multi general mechanical drop planting equipment for the upcoming boom in intercropping. Or just...
Rye Pre‑seed Boosts Corn Stand, Enabling Multi‑use Options
Alley crop corn plot. Amazing the quality of stand from 30 lbs of rye droned on ahead of corn head. Thicker and taller where the corn was last year that had a 4-6” mat of corn on top of the...
Corn Success Hinges on 100‑hour Post‑plant Temperature
The most important bit of information for planting 🌽 is the average temperature for the 100 hrs after planting. It’s nice to have a 4” soil temp above 55 but what honestly matters is the temperature for germination at...
Efficient Nitrogen Strategy Boosts Wheat with Recycled Residue
Our 3rd slayer pass mixing in a little Nitrogen on 120’ and fast. Incredible how we’ve cycled our corn residue when you look at what I planted into last fall. We streambarred 8 gal on pre plant , mixed in 3 gal...
Dynamic Pricing Threatens Consumers; Agriculture Must Self‑innovate
I just watched @TorkWhisler talk about @Walmart new digital pricing systems… and how they’ll most likely exploit the consumer with dynamic pricing. How this relates to agriculture is this. Until we think systems…and not just be good conforming choir boys for big...
Sparse Wheat Planting Boosts Yield and Profit
Why do I grow most of our wheat in a 25% planted fashion? Less N, seed, has less disease, and higher test weight AND I can grow as good or better soybeans on the same acre in the same year. 110 bu wheat...
Measure Field Water & Nutrients; Adopt Diverse, Living Farming
This sounds brash… but it’s how I think. At @zebulousprime’s field day I did a @Farm4ProfitLLC podcast and said “I don’t like to be a bitch.” Water can make you its bitch. Weeds follow the stand inconsistencies especially in drowned out spots. ...
Solar Corridors Boost Photosynthesis and Enable Crop Succession
I’ve been studying sunlight for over a decade. Know your plants physiological strive abilities. Don’t quite let them touch. With a little solar corridor you can maximize the photosynthetic capacity of a crop and simultaneously nurse another crop that will one...
Early Cereal Relay Triples Soybean Canopy Speed
Life comes at you fast. This is this morning… a couple days ago.. and the 3rd pic is last year where we had our normal production soybeans vs a relay field. It was too wet to plant the normal beans in...
Intercrop Wheat with Soybeans to Boost Yield, Cut Inputs
It’s a completely ass backward way to looking at agriculture. Plant 1/5 seed. Get 3-4x more yield per plant with less inputs. Make it yield less on purpose? Yes. (Because of crop #2) …. But do...
Stale Seedbeds Retain Moisture, Boost Early Corn Planting
With the technology on today’s planters if the ground is fit and warm the corn seed has no idea whether the ground was “worked” or not…these better conditions usually take until the trees are leafing out… and sometimes we want...
Autonomous Machines Turn Seed Shooters Into Manure Spreaders
I have a burning desire to turn the seed shoot into a poop shoot for juice boxes Swarm autonomous machines sidedressing corn with 🐖 💩 2 rows at a time Semi brings 30 at a time
Herbicide‑free Cover Crops Boost Tilth in Tough Soils
On our “tougher” soils this system has proven to add tilth to these timber white clays. We leave out any herbicide pass in the fall to encourage our “free” cover crop to establish. The haters will call it...