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Wow, thanks!

Hi, the gassing is putting nh3 in the ground for nitrogen👍😁 yep it sure is

No, he will just be doing less driving but more fixing.

@@seanworkman431 great to see a family working together on the farm with Peter the star

Yep you are correct, you get better at guessing and sometimes we will just mix up 1000l and see what percentage is being used then we can have a pretty good guess, if there is any left over there is usually another paddock it can be used on to run the last bit out. Most times it’s only 200l or less left😁👍

NH3 (Ammonia) for fertilizer....you have a tank full, it opens a slice and it is injected and since NH3 loves water it pretty much immediately binds to the soil and you have your Nitrogen fertilizer out and in the ground

The ammonia has a higher nitrogen content than urea which is 46% so it is more efficient but the equipment to put it on is more technical and expensive. Suits larger areas better.

Yes but they soak up knowledge like a sponge at that age. Beauty of modern tractors is they are safe in the cab, it’s generally the driver that gets fed up before the kid runs out of questions 😂😂

1meter rows double skip I believe 👍😁

Leave the residue of last years crop there. Zero or minimum till is all about not disturbing the soil and thus not loosing moisture which the new crop will need. The machinery involved is designed to handle the old crop residue without blocking up. Every time soil is disturbed you loose valuable moisture which may not de replaced by rain. The last season was a good example, no or very little in crop rain but acceptable yields, which in Australia you would not expect because the spring and early summer can be harsh and that is the critical time for finishing winter crops (wheat, canola and other crops) which are considered to be summer crops in the northern hemisphere. Conserving moisture and weed control for summer crops such as sorghum and cotton is even more critical. To achieve good results with min or no till chemicals must be used to control weeds as weeds are the enemy to good yields because they use valuable moisture and contaminate the resultant grain. Jeff

That is what’s happening, the ammonia is pulled out of the air but it takes a lot of energy to do it. That’s where gas comes in but the wingers are trying to stop that. No nitrogen and a lot of people will starve.

it is the fabric of your life!.....he said in the tractor cab it is to give a crop rotation away from grass/grain type crops (cotton being a broad leaf) because the weeds that came into the field from the flood will be grass type weeds and thus you cannot spray chemicals that will kill them without killing your chickpeas, or wheat or whatever narrow leaf crop you are growing is....cotton can handle the exposure to the chemical that will kill the weeds they are having issues with

I think we did a similar amount😁

It’s 13 units over 12 meters so it doesn’t line up perfectly with the rows

Not sure about the gas🤔 the weedit will get 99% of coin sized weeds😁

ag chemicals are one of the major things responsible for the massive quality of life improvement in much of the developed and even semi-developed world.....one need only look a the yield differences between their organic crops and their conventional crops to see the benefits of ag chemicals

@rodrod383 yes i do agree. But at what cost? I personally buy local and organic. It is not expensive.

@@guyonabuffalo100 World food supply cannot be maintained without the use of chemical controls but there are choices here for broadacre farming. Remember that If the weed pressure is too great there is no crop. Broadacre farmers can: 1. Go organic and cultivate soil to keep weed pressure down. If this is done long term the soil drys up and top soil blows away. Jacksons (and many other farmers) use organic methods when its suitable. ie the development block. 2. Rotational cropping with minimal chemical input. Always remember that weed chemicals are horrendously expensive in a broadacre situation and use is minimised whenever possible. This is reflected in the "weedit" system of applying chemicals. Only live weeds are sprayed reducing chemical use sometimes by 90%. If you are wealthy enough to buy organic wheat locally and make your own pasta, bake your own bread, process your own breakfast cereal etc that's great but the rest of the world doesn't operate that way.

@@guyonabuffalo100Organic food is way more expensive and the quality is often not there. Organic wheat is a good example, the protein will be down, the yield will be less and the grain itself will weigh less. Don’t be fooled by the popular beliefs, the ‘experts’ are often way wrong and organics are a very good example. Farmers cannot feed the world by using organic methods, they are only for the wealthy consumer. Look at the Jackson’s harvesting their organic wheat, it was way behind the conventional crops. I will acknowledge that it was sown last. Jeff