October 2017

Healthy soil and full-season, biologically sound nutrition can apparently overcome the trend toward earlier “die-down” we’ve seen in Midwest cornfields for about the past seven or eight seasons. One field with the evidence is just west of Guthrie Center, Iowa. Oct. 15, 2017 — We had earlier asked Dave Schwartz to send us updated photos […]

One of the most memorable facts we’ve learned about biological farming came from Dr. Robert Kremer, ARS/USDA microbiologist based at the University of Missouri: “Every time you add a crop species to your rotation, that species stimulates populations of at least 10 new microbial species in your soil.” October 15, 2017 By Jerry Carlson — That bio-stimulus

The challenge is new every morning: “What’s today’s most vital information to publish on our website?” This morning, Indiana farmer Hal Brown provided that answer. It’s a really encouraging e-mail which we’re posting below. Oct. 13, 2017 By Hal Brown, as sent to Jerry Carlson — This is the message Hal sent:  Closeup of Hal’s cover crops seeded after 2017

The “granddaddy” of crop residue digester products is Residuce, by AgriEnergy Resources. It has been widely and successfully used about 30 years. With all that field experience, AgriEnergy has been able to adjust the microbe mix for versatile use on any crop or soil. Oct. 8, 2017 — Following is a message sent by AgriEnergy

At a  field day this week just west of Guthrie Center, IA, Dave Schwartz showed farmers his fields of corn which had stayed green weeks longer than neighboring fields. Initial yield checks pointed to over 300 bu. in several fields given his “prescription” of beneficial biological fertility. October 6, 2017 — Most of Dave’s cropland has an Iowa