Converting this fall’s cornstalk carbon to nutrients for next year’s crop becomes more profitable when you use the synergy of crimping and shattering stalks before applying a microbial residue digester. A combine header attachment, the “Devastator” by Yetter Equipment, is accumulating some promising data and farmer reviews. Oct. 20, 2017 — The Devastator has been […]

For three seasons, Renewable Farming LLC has invested in hundreds of random-rep trials on our research acres for a new product, Ligniton. Now, the Canadian developer of Lignition is rolling out a new website and a marketing program with global reach. Here’s how you can tap into a very promising rate of return on this new, safe, unique product which enhances photosynthetic efficiency.

New Zealand farmers have fended off repeated, intense pressures to allow GMO crops to take over their “crown jewel” in the food-export world: Clean, GMO-free crop and livestock products. Dr. Don Huber, Purdue University professor emeritus, just visited New Zealand for speaking engagements, and Auckland, NZ radio broadcaster Tim Lynch captured the key points of Huber’s message to farmers

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