That's inspiring that Roger's corn had a 15 BRIX reading. Now you know it's an achievable thing you can get on yours someday. Keep at it. Thanks for the video
One of the lessons I learned this summer because I tested both terminating before and after planting: knock your cover down as late as possible since the standing cover is shading the ground and wicking deeper moisture up close to the surface to help germinate your main crop. If you knock it down just before planting then the speedy weeds see the sunlight and get the jump on your main crop. At main crop emergence (some go as late as V1 but longer risks a spindly crop) then roll down the cover. Not having a high end roller-crimper I just rolled down the field and back so any rye that was trying to stand up after the first run got bent over the opposite way and really flattened. I even broadcast dry beans into standing rye, the beans sprouted after a rain, then when I saw leaves I flattened the rye both directions. I left winter rye stand all the way to august to see how the weeds did and they struggled until the deer and turkeys were threshing the rye out making wide open pockets in the field. So winter rye is effective for weeds. I hear rye is really hard on pigweed and a few other types of tough weed infestations so try a thick planting of rye.
Hi Jay, You’re pioneering in Regen AG and doing great work. I like how you’re doing Christine Jones recommended treating the seeds with fungal compost extracts and also doing the 8 specie cover crop mix from 4 plant family groups. It’s also interesting how you’re willing to experiment with cover crops in your arid area. I know farmers west of you in Colorado where I deer & antelope hunt, and they won’t experiment with cover crops due to fear of losing moisture in the soil. Question: you rotational graze your cover crops with your cattle over winter. What impact of improvement have you seen on your soil and cash crops from the animal impact on your soil?
I love your content and I like your methodology. We are doing something similar south a garden city. I would love to talk with you since we so close. Let me know if there’s a way we can get in contact!
@renal-dr7st woohah,, buddy. Looks like you happend upon the wrong post with your comment, Jays a christian and I'm a Darwinist/order of the the flying Spagehtti monster
I know you’re a fan of Dr. Christine Jones. What’s your thinking about using grasses, legumes, brassica, and broadleaves in your cover crop mixes instead of the 4 families she talks about (grasses, brassica, asteraceae, and boraginaceae)?
@sandervanster is getting at a good question. Dr Christine Jones teaches that having at least the 8 species from 4 Family groups as a cover crop mix….will lead to fungal improvements in the soil that she says will produce Nitrogen in the Soil…and lessen the need for Nitrogen Inputs. We all wonder if her Teaching on this is true in a farming operation. Do you see this in any way in your farming operation from using the 8 specie Cover Crops from 4 Family Groups.
@@YourDailyVideoNews yeah there is something about the those 4 families that attracts the diversity of microbes needed to cut back on synthetic nitrogen. I vaguely remember her saying 8 species as well. Do you know of a second species from the Boraginaceae family other than phacelia?
We use a minimum of four families in all our covers. Our fall cover has 6 families and 12 species. We have been using this for almost 6 years now. We have used zero fungicide and insecticide for 6 years now and our wheat average this year was 60 on 630 acres so yes her recommendation of four or more family groups does work to balance the bacteria to fungi ratio.
