John Kempf

Have you heard of a digital clone? Here is mine: delphi.ai/johnkempf This thing is trained on all the things I have published over the years. You can ask it questions 24/7/365 It is an interesting time, to have technology this good at impersonating someone, and being able to point at every thing you have ever said. I also discovered I have written/spoken 4 million words that were recorded over the last decade. 🧐 Please let me know what you think!

Great perspective @RingFamilyAg Great read. Strong men don’t necessarily have the highest pain tolerance. Strong men are willing to address problems before they overtake their life trajectory. Sometimes it’s easier to keep bandaids than ripping them off.

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There’s plenty of hype around Green-on-Green (aka GoG) spot spraying to reduce herbicide use in crop. But are we overlooking something else? @WeedSmartAU @agrobaz @CropDoctor54 @grassrootsag @theGRDC @GeezaColeman

this is actually insane > be tech guy in australia > adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live > not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4 > pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA > feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold > zero background in biology > identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets > design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch > genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own > need ethics approval to administer it > red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine > 3 months, finally approved > drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection > tumor halves > coat gets glossy again > dog is alive and happy > professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?” one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline. we are going to cure so many diseases. I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

@EddieGeo65 Would need to be low pH and low potassium for that to work well.

@Johnkempf I’m 100% with you John. The only thing I think it is useful for is to replace perlite as a horticultural lightweight drainage medium. Perlite has a higher CO2 footprint than conventional peat (UK Govt paper on peat free alternatives)

Biochar is a solution looking for a problem.

@Jes_Squirrell Yes, I can see that. Does pyrolysis solve PFAS?

@Johnkempf Creating a safe matrix from sewage sludge that can then be safely applied to soils, that has had the pathogens, microplastics antibiotics etc destroyed by pyrolysis (bar heavy metals) 🤷🏼‍♂️

@BillSpiegel It’s poor performer for the money spent. High pH, little to no plant response the majority of the time.

@Johnkempf Why? It is putting carbon in the soil - and can improve water holding capacity and microbial communities…is it the cost? Or something else you don’t like? I’m genuinely curious as I’ve been interested in trying to make it with deadfall and cedar trees on our property

Mind-blowing fact from Christine Jones: carbon from plant roots is 30-50x more likely to become soil organic matter than above-ground biomass. The real carbon story isn't what you see, it's what's happening underground. It's the biology! To learn more from Dr. Christine Jones check out our 4-part webinar series with Dr. Jones on YouTube: zurl.co/WTBSO If you're looking to give your soils a boost in the biology department, give our team a call today to inquire about how our lineup of biological products might fit into your cropping system. 402-469-6784 #Soilhealth #CoverCrops #CoverCropping #RegenerativeAgriculture

Jeremy Brown manages nearly 4,000 certified organic acres as founder of Broadview Agriculture in the Southern Plains of West Texas. He brings a pragmatic approach to regenerative agriculture by aligning production with the natural limitations of his "brittle" low-rainfall ecosystem, prioritizing soil biology and local economic health over high inputs. On the podcast, @JohnKempf and Jeremy discuss: ➡️ Jeremy‘s transition from “Roundup Ready” back to organic farming, discovering what truly constitutes “good soil.” ➡️ How pursuing high yields in desert-like environments creates a financial rat race that ignores the farm’s natural context. ➡️ A 30-year stagnation in dryland cotton yields despite massive advancements in chemical and seed technology. ➡️ How Jeremy uses a weather-responsive approach to interseed multi-species cover crops. ➡️ The integration of stocker cattle to offset the cost of cover crop seeds while providing natural fertilizer and biological stimulation. ➡️ Investing in local labor and home-raised seeds rather than high-tech machinery and expensive fees. 🎧 Listen: loom.ly/yvRDwNQ

The farmer has been watching Doris predict the weather for three years and has not yet told anyone except Brian because he knows how it sounds. It sounds like this: When Doris grazes toward the east wall by midday, it rains that afternoon. Not sometimes. Every time. The farmer checked this against the Met Office records for eighteen months and found a correlation that he doesn't know what to do with and has not submitted to any journal and does not intend to. When Doris lies down in the morning, the afternoon is dry. When Doris takes the high route to the 400-metre contour at first light, there is wind by 9am. The farmer mentioned this to the agricultural meteorologist who came to look at the farm's microclimate in 2022. The meteorologist said that sheep have been observed to respond to changes in barometric pressure and humidity cues that precede weather events, that the behaviour is not fully understood, and that in theory a fell sheep in a single location for multiple years could develop reliable behavioural responses to local atmospheric patterns that are earlier and more localised than any available forecast. The farmer: "So she knows." The meteorologist: "She responds. Whether she 'knows' is a philosophical question." The farmer: "She went to the east wall at noon last Tuesday." The meteorologist checked his records. It rained from 3pm. The meteorologist was quiet for a moment. The meteorologist: "I'd watch her." The farmer has been watching her for three years. The farmer checks Doris before he checks his phone. Doris is more reliable than his phone. Doris is currently heading to the east wall. The farmer is putting his waterproof on.

@jasonmauck1 Hahahahaa!!

“I can show you how to collaborate a landscape with multiple entities working together to turn liabilities into assets and increase profitability… but you’ll just tell me you can raise 1 crop with slightly higher yields and you get a 5 day vacation from your seed guy and suite tickets to a basketball game from your fertilizer dealer.”

@double_a1974 Compare to humates

@Johnkempf Often overhyped, yes. But in highly leached or low-CEC soils, lack of durable carbon structure can be a real limitation — biochar can sometimes help make biological and fertility gains less transient.

@NealSpackman Government dollars, misguided, in too many cases.

@Johnkempf goes for 400-600 per ton in some places, someone must be using it for something

@RyanIaco Interesting, difficult for the analytical tools, but are they effective at remediation? That could be measured indirectly, no?

@Johnkempf You mean like humic acids, leonardite etc? Those are very difficult for a lot of analytical testing machines (LC-MS etc)- especially for pfas soil/biosolid contamination.

@jasonmauck1 @Roisin_Garden I agree that use has value, blending it would also work. Other materials that will do the same thing are humates and zeolite, also contenders for that job.

@Johnkempf @Roisin_Garden The method around here is to dump it in a field and it may sit for 3 months + before application

@BowTiedLowrider @Roisin_Garden Humates.

@Johnkempf @Roisin_Garden Biochar will in the soil for centuries. Idk what else could do that

@jaquavious1776 So it does organic matter, that you can grow for a fraction of the price.

@Johnkempf It holds 7x its weight in water. I don’t know any farm who doesn’t need more water holding ability

@tomcottonfeel Worth what you paid for it. 😉

@Johnkempf I got it for free. Its the only free fertilizer im aware of. Government paid like they do for all the Other fraud