Rotational Grazing of 60-inch No-till Corn Inter-seeded with Cover Crops Means Positive Economics

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Cool ! Really intelligent and well spoken guy! I come from farmers on both sides of my family and it’s so rewarding to see that the internet and local government ag agencies are really helping farmers make more money and use less chemicals. Fantastic video!

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thanks!

[@jdruin1]

I grew up farming and have debated buying a farm in the area I live now. Been doing small scale soil remediation tests on my little 2 acre suburban yard. Soil biology has become a hobby of mine. I have feeding the souls and seen benefits in my worms. I have watched them fight off attacks from birds. Compost, cover crops and wood chips have made a huge difference for my dying soil.

[@ironmyno]

Less people growing corn, less folks using chemicals, better beef. Win ,win win!!

[@ginagriffiths3677]

Hats off to you sir Luke.

[@michaelbenson2024]

Farming in the past was solo farming . These days of collaboration and integration of no tillage will benefit the soil and crop growth. Hold your head high and own your forward thinking.

[@ВладимирЗахлебаев]

Вдохновляющее видео. Хозяину фермы успехов и крепкого здоровья.

[@peterkramer288]

Beautiful work. Very well done.

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thanks!

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thank you

[@wendyscott8425]

Good job! I love seeing people adopting this method of farming. Let's hope he'll never have to use RoundUp again. It doesn't seem like he would need it. As Greg Judy says, if a cow will eat it, it's not a weed. :)

[@kentsolberg7594]

Great job, all! Much more here than covers in 60" rows!

[@terrykerrieward9575]

Wow. so much info there. Im actually building a little 4 metre disc seeder to do the same job at this moment. This video will be a very good help. Thanks from Oz.

[@al.r9280]

Attaboy! That was well done, I would love to go to a field day at your farm sometime if you do that. This is what I plan on doing when I retire. I hope to learn enough to pass something along to some younger farmers. I have a long way to go, but what's not to like!

[@gggbon]

Awesome job the your farm, great explanations too.

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thanks!

[@tesha199]

That's quite sufficient acreage for an amazing life. I'm guessing parts of the property are in woodlands (not talked about in this video), there's waterways, horses, pasture, veggies, wildlife and so on. A great place to raise those 3 girls ❤️

[@razpet20]

About not being able to increase the productivity of the land any further - plant edible trees along the edges of fields, having your acreage, you'll definitely increase your yield even more.

[@t-dog8528]

If anyone's interested in making soil healthy Tim Thompson has a new video out on it, possibly a great way to kickstart this kind of operation. The video is basically showing clay soil vitalised to the point of roots and fungus down 3ft, the fungus really promotes the spread of roots as it follows it away from the surface. Edit: On Farm Learning With Tim Thompson.

[@noelhamilton8332]

Hey well done good on you for looking after the soil and exploring creative ways around obstacles you deserve every success. Best wishes noel new zealand.

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thank you

[@5thgearouttahere]

Great stuff.

[@Farm_Boy_Education]

Nice job, if you're not doing yet another enhancement to incorporate add to your cover crop at seeding fungi that helps with nutrient transport and nitrogen fixing bacteria specific to grasses not just legume strains.

[@georgewalker6883]

Awesome!

[@DeBoner13]

would love to see a comparison of this system with a conventional but reduced fertilizer regime as he seems to be applying vs a living soil regime supported by compost tea sprays vs living soil with organic fertilizer

[@brandonoverstreet7675]

Is he harvesting the corn or letting cows graze it over the winter?

[@minnesotanrcs]

I believe he harvest the corn first. Then he grazes the the cattle on the field sometime after harvest.

[@riderofnature5023]

Nice stuff

[@jacoblandis4535]

No bloat concerns grazing the clovers past freezing?

[@hankelrod7315]

So what’s your corn yield on 60’s compared to 30’s?

[@dirtymikentheboys5817]

Small farm and profitable!

[@sandsock]

Are you combining the corn field or just graze it.

[@vivalaleta]

This guy is wonderful. Thinking of a home for the indigenous species around him? Excellent.

[@minnesotanrcs]

Thank you for the comment.

[@idahohops]

How did it turn out?

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

Is there any harvest of the seed portion of the cover crops to use in subsequent plantings or are you relying on the entire plant to build soil and nutrients? The concept of building soil while simultaneously feeding the world would seem to be a no brainer. Add to that reducing the need for fertilizer, from shall we say, less desirable parts of the world.

[@willbass2869]

Yeah, those Saskatchewan folk and their potash......

[@wallacewimmer5191]

👍👍

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

How long does the poison "Roundup" last residual in the soil/Plants that will be affected by it?

[@tesha199]

I guess you'll have some remnants of it in next succession of plants, but after that it will get turned into different compounds, healthy ones. Bacteria and fungi can change chemical structure of elements (such as those found in roundup) and transform them into compounds that plants can use. That's why, with long-term healthy soils, even the effects of radiation like Uranium will disperse under the power of microbiology.

[@willbass2869]

@@tesha199 actually, when Monsanto sought epa approval for roundup it was originally as an anti-microbial. Glyphosate might be 'neutralized' by some soil biota but what biota is destroyed? What part of soil web is left damaged?

[@C.Hawkshaw]

I wouldn’t want the cows to graze a field where Roundup/Glyphosate had been sprayed in the last year. It looks like he will soon figure out how to do without it. Many farmers do.

[@danam2584]

@@C.Hawkshaw I think some farmers use a crimper to kill the previous crop. Instead of using chemicals. But I could be wrong too Lets hope he gets off of roundup.

[@heatherlinnette189]

❤

[@chrisbea49]

awesome. if all did this. corn ethanol banned. petro farm inputs would drop huge in volume and cost

[@nickford5549]

The bees thank you

[@minnesotanrcs]

I agree!

[@masholek4945]

Mantap 🌽👍

[@mechanics4all405]

chicken tractor to follow cattle round regenerative agriculture,permaculture,tree food forest around pond

[@mechanics4all405]

you must ditch roundup and all chemicals,you will reap the reward NO CHEMICALS is a must

[@peachykeen7634]

How many acres do you farm?

[@mechanics4all405]

Until 5 tears ago had 40 acres,but loved the every day challenges,especially when you are posative you know the answers, and nature proves you wrong,unfortuanatel wife died things went to pot miss it like hell

[@garalovea136]

Okay

[@swunt10]

very good