Day 19--organic soybeans-patience

[@brandonkrause6401]

Very informative videos you have on cultivation. Thanks for sharing.

[@GeigerFarm]

Thanks for watching Brandon!

[@andylieffring3987]

Nice looking beans Jack. Cultivation is an “art” for sure. Thanks again

[@GeigerFarm]

Like most art, experience is a great teacher ;)!

[@michaelvangundy226]

In chemical farming, we would have tested the soil and amended with enough fertilizer for the season. How do you ever get enough in for a good looking crop like that? I see the crop residue, but how much manure did you spread? Am I missing something, isn't that the only amendment for organic fields?

[@grassfeeding6073]

Michael, there are a wide variety of soil amendments that can be used in certified organic production. All must be non-chemically derived (plant or animal products or mined). Various types of lime, gypsum, soft rock phosphate, greensand, potassium sulfate, boron, sulfur, etc. Manures and products derived from animal byproducts (feather meal, blood meal, etc) tend to be the go-to amendments but there are a fair number of options if needed. I don't know what Jack's fertility program is like, so I can't speak for him. Many soils are naturally high in certain materials, at least in the parent material, and simply need to be chelated by plants to make them plant available. I'll link to an article that is very interesting on the subject out of the U of I called the Potassium Paradox. Cover crops and long crop rotations help this natural process occur. www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2C9ADE6C6B44EB23BAA7AE6CD953E085/S1742170513000318a.pdf/potassium_paradox_implications_for_soil_fertility_crop_production_and_human_health.pdf In terms of supplying appropriate nitrogen to a corn or sorghum crop, a good legume rotation and good soil organic matter go a long way. Cover crop rotations, especially when grazed, build soil biology and activity quite well. This soil biology is able to release nitrogen after the available N from the legume cover crop is gone. It takes several years for a field to get to this point after transitioning back to certified organic, so in the meantime some growers will top dress a nitrogen source like blood meal over corn. However, most organic growers I know do not use a high nitrogen source for top-dress and are able to achieve very good yields.

[@GeigerFarm]

This field has had no external inputs in over 30 years. There is a good rotation in place and cattle are wintered on this field often. We do have naturally fertile soils on our bottom ground. Our hills which were subject to years of soil erosion are another story. There are many organic inputs available to growers. There are organic farmers with an input matrix similar to conventional farmers (high). One of the key points I attempt to make with this channel is that MANAGEMENT can be substituted for inputs (through time) and that NO INPUT will make a good farmer. External inputs make a GOOD farmer better. Organic is a system that IMHO has to be taken as an entire system and then adjusted to your specific environment and conditions.

[@VishalVishal-fs5ob]

what is the name of verity i am from indai

[@GeigerFarm]

Thanks for watching! For years, I produced different varieties of group 4 EMERGE soybeans for Blue River Organic Seed. This would have been one of those varieties.

[@VishalVishal-fs5ob]

how mach kg. fo 43560sp. ft . please replay

[@GeigerFarm]

I think you are asking yields??? Normal yields are around 1496 kg per acre (43560 ft sq). Seeding rate is around 32 kg/acre.

[@VishalVishal-fs5ob]

@@GeigerFarm india 700 kg per acre

[@donvoll2580]

Good day Yea a 1000 subs would be nice.I learn alot of cultivating organic. Very interesting Thanks. Is it hot there too.?

[@GeigerFarm]

Brutal hot Don, 99 F w/high humidity, but a little relief may be coming...

[@peteschmucker9344]

h0w much bushel per acre you average planting at 30 inch compare wit some farmes planting at 15 inches and how much population you have per acre planting at 30 inches

[@GeigerFarm]

I usually set the planter around 188,000 pop in my 30 inch rows. My conventional neighbors plant thinner (perhaps 145,000) in the 15" rows. I think that it makes very little difference what population you have--the greatest concern is weed control and soil fertility. I have no experience with 15", but can see where it would aid in weed suppression. It would require a unique cultivator and tractor tires...

[@rayagriculturebordiyakalan]

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