Adam Pohlmeier

Great information. Often times we don’t need the nitrogen we think we do. Need to break the habit and monitor/trust your ok without so much N. The less you apply the more biology has an opportunity to perform.

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@johnkempf I’ve got that. Need to make time to play with it the rest of the summer. Thanks

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We tend to think of weed pressure suppressing yields because of competing for water and nutrients. We often miss thinking about how the presence of weeds indicates soil dysfunction that causes yield drag, even when the weeds are 'controlled'. Spraying the weeds doesn't change the underlying soil imbalances, or their associated yield drag.

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@McNeilBJ @HorFarms What kind of affect does the green lightning have on biology if any? What are you seeing?

@HorFarms We have had it analyzed yes . Way too many bugs for me to remember that are in it. Just biology. Used Green Lighting for the water source. Apply at 5 gal per acre = 0.5 lbs

Starting organic corn planting. Making extract from our compost to apply in furrow

It’s pretty neat to see when we replace some of the commercial fertilizer with compost or manure and use compost tea at planting how many worms show back up in our soils. Small changes will change the system. @BioAgSolutions

A recent paper on the importance of earthworms states, “earthworms contribute to roughly 6.5% of global grain (maize, rice, wheat, barley) production and 2.3% of legume production, equivalent to over 140 million metric tons annually.” The paper also states that, “less pronounced earthworm impacts in other regions are likely associated with low estimated earthworm abundance, higher rates of inorganic fertilizer use and/or soil properties that lessen the observed benefit of earthworm additions.” Pretty fascinating stuff. It’s hard to ignore the earthworm’s importance as well as biology’s importance in the soil. To see how these numbers were calculated, check out the paper in the comments.

Made a load of compost extract from the JohnsonSu compost will be going down infurrow on some corn shortly.

You all... and industry will think it's nuts but perpetual corn production looks better and better the lower the price of soybeans ... and the higher the costs of NPK The edge + 21 months of cover crop to grow a large % of N and biologically unlock soil fertility. Also summer manure applications. You can grow 80% the corn on 40% the footprint and portionalize all inputs to get more value out of... and graze it like a cowboy with more rain. Thank you @BobGunzy for the infographic and the future research endeavors.

95% or more of a plant’s dry matter consists of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. Next in line is Nitrogen at 1-5%. That’s part of the reason why there is such a focus on N in the ag industry. But, does a crop desire Nitrogen purely? Not so much. 80-85% of total N in green plant material is in the form of a protein. 10% is found as nucleic acids and 5% is found as amino acids. Rajendra Prasad notes that, “the term protein is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘of first importance’ in life. Truly speaking protein is the physical expression of life.” Proteins can be grouped up by their functions which are: •Enzymes: responsible for moving all of life’s processes in plants and animals. •Transport Proteins: carry things from one place to another inside of plants (think nutrition). •Regulatory Proteins: control different parts of cellular function like reproduction and metabolism. •Structural Proteins: makes up the outer covering of the plant. Also crucial part of DNA and RNA. Source: Crop Nutrition, Prasad One of the most important Nitrogen compounds in the plant are chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. This is what carries out photosynthesis in the plant and what ultimately creates more WEOC (Water Extractable Organic Carbon). Most everything in crop management should come back to those two things: photosynthesis and WEOC. They go hand in hand and have a ripple effect on the whole plant-soil system.

@ZoerbFarmsJr I was spreading a field with compost Friday and saw the same thing. Corn in 23, soybeans in 24, then drilled to wheat fall of 24. Can still see where 23 corn rows were. Corn was strip rolled with no fertilizer, nitrogen out back of planter with compost tea in furrow. 🤷‍♂️

This field was corn in 23, disked at a 10deg angle then drilled to rye in the fall. It was then no tilled to soybeans in 24 with a rye cover again last fall. We are stripping it back to the same row direction as 23 and you can still see the old corn rows.

Humus compost going out on some wheat today. Making that soil healthy. @bioag_solutions

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@blakeahadley What steps would you recommend to increase weoc? Healthy plant, more exudates but what applications or management can a guy do to increase faster?

Why is WEOC (Water Extractable Organic Carbon) so important and why should it be the metric we’re most closely watching on a soil sample? WEOC is the driver of biological activity and thus drives nearly everything for our plants. In one way or another, everything goes back to WEOC. Whether it be N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg, etc., WEOC either directly or indirectly (via biological activity or aggregate stability as examples) affects how both soils and plants function. Healthy plants create more WEOC and more WEOC increases the opportunity for healthy plants. “Whereas rhizodeposition strongly influences the size and activity of microbial populations at the soil-plant interface, the activity of these microbial populations in turn affect plant health, and thus influence both the quality and quantity of rhizodeposition.” Pinton, Roberto, et al. The Rhizosphere: Biochemistry and Organic Substances at the Soil-Plant Interface, Second Edition. CRC Press, 2007.

@Bkitch1Bodie @sean_nettleton What are the best 2 or 3 things a guy can do to increase soil WEOC? Been reading on that and increasing soil C:N ratio.

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@TZimmermanfarms It’s tough to do much volume if you’re not set up to handle dry. Might be easiest to buy it already made. I’ve got a source if you’re interested. Not sure where you are.

I’m looking for anyone that has some good info on the process and ratios on melting urea for foliar applications.

@EzFarmsRegen @bioag_solutions Yes. We see some yield improvement but biggest benefits are to the soil. Increased water infiltration, better soil structure, earth worm numbers increasing, organic matter raising. Much more efficient with our commercial fertilizer.

Love it! I just started my X farm profile and did a search for Regenerative and your post came up. Looking forward to connecting with other farmers that are Regenerative. I have been dabbling with fungal inoculants and worm compost teas, along with lots of nutrition sprays and injections. Are you getting good results from your teas?

Inoculating compost for planting 2025. We’ll be making compost tea extract in a few months. Getting those bugs active and ready to go. Good heat in there. @bioag_solutions regenerative agriculture.