@@Robert-dh3xg my contact info is on my website. www.gibbsfieldag.com

@@goodwinml yes, angle iron. I believe there is a 1” gap for the bar to slide on. I think in the Michigan soil works video, you can pause it and see how they have theirs built.

@@senryuuhoutaro3353 we have not seen much of a change in the rye quality or nutrient quantity yet. This might change as our soil and system improve.

@@gibbsfieldfarms Excited to see, the long term effect. Maybe the soil will get newer and newer micronutrients, to develop more nuanced taste. I live for tasty food.

Go to Michigan Soil Works on KZbin. I built mine similar to theirs.

I was able to get some Pioneer but I had to order it and pay for it in the fall. They do t give a discount to not treat it since it is a hassle for them.

I keep a good food source on the top so they tend to stay in the top foot

Hopefully soon. Been very busy. Non gmo corn looked really good but we were in a D4 drought this year, it only yielded 150 bushel. 60” corn was 125 bushel. We are hoping for more rain in 2024 so we see some better results. 👍🌱

I believe it took about a month or so.

I have a continuous flow extractor I use.

Johnson Su is a year long process to compost, a continuous flow worm system is a faster composting system that only takes about 3-6 months. The benefits of the Johnson Su is a more fungal dominate compost. Which is great for agriculture use since we are fungal deficient.

I understand that red wiggles stay near the surface. If that is so, does that mean they don't process the entire Johnson Su bioreactor?

@@evoliveoil yes, but the Johnson Su is already pretty well broken down since it it a year old.

@@gibbsfieldfarms Why would you put the Johnson Su compost into the CFT Vermicompost bin?

This is the first stuff we had milled. We do not own any milking equipment yet. I had Heartland Craft Grains milk it for me on a stone mill. They are a state inspected facility.

I didn’t want to cut and harvest the wheat cover crop mix because I am trying to build organic matter and use the dead flat cover as weed control in my corn. I burned down the cover crop with glyphosate and 24d. We are lowering our application rates every year and trying to go away from it.

Thanks! The kids love to help and ride with.

It’s just a flat piece of steel with a cable on each end, it slides in between 2 other pieces of steel. Super simple. I built it similar to the Michigan Soil Works worm bin.

Great idea! I will try that.

I thought the same thing, put a bin under there to capture it

I mist it heavy with water every day. Never too much. I have not had any leachate drip out the bottom yet. That is a sign of over watering

I was told 2 years. I’ve had compost in those bags for 1.5 years and the bags were fine yet.

We do not cover them, but we do water them daily or every other day. It’s easy to make them on a large scale very cheap. We just try to use what we have laying around.

Thank you!

60” wide corn has been adopted on small scale across the United States and also in other countries. Works good for grazing cattle after harvest if managed properly. Non gmo corn has also been widely grown and used for specialty markets as well.

@@gibbsfieldfarms I work in software engineering and one of the complexities is designing experiments that make sense on a larger scale and can reasonably be leveraged when successful.

​@gibbsfieldfarms are you going to share an update on the non GMO field? How did the 60 inch corn test plot do.

It usually gets up to 140. It has never gotten over 160.

@@gibbsfieldfarms I made 10 J/Ss this summer and I had some get to around 145 and others that only got to around 110. I didn't use any manure or alfalfa so that is probably why. I think I didn't have them packed enough and the material was not broken down enough and there was too much air getting in. I hope the lower temperature ones work out ok if I'm going to babysit them all winter haha. I'm keeping them in an insulated reefer trailer, can fit two on each side with enough room between to walk through. Hope I can keep it above 32f in -30 temperatures. I found you from your live talk with Young Red Angus. Keep up the videos I look forward to them.

@@gibbsfieldfarms Are you grinding the alfalfa and other materials up before putting it in the TMR mixer? I'm looking either a vertical TMR mixer or a bale grinder. I was using my skid steer to sort of roll the material and mix it. Trying to think of what would be a better investment.

Thanks for the great video! For space savings you can stack this at least three high. We do this when they are full of 2,200Lb liquid raw materials daily in our chemical plant.

Thanks!