How to apply compost extract on your farm. A great way to increase soil health.

[@wmo1234]

Thank you Jay! I appreciate your honesty, candor and effort. I believe farmers can save our climate and reform our food system. Lots of respect here!

[@youngredangus6041]

Thanks for the encouragement

[@janwest5627]

this process is so great to hear about. Soil health is key to feeding people. Thank you

[@youngredangus6041]

Thanks for the encouragement

[@2talon1]

Great video Jay! You did a good job of explaining everything for the viewer. Keep it up!

[@youngredangus6041]

Talon Thanks a lot brother!

[@courtneyheron1561]

Thank you Jay for sharing!! Thank you for taking this on and starting your journey down this path. We need you and all the farmers we can to join you. Thanks Again 🙏👍

[@youngredangus6041]

Courtney Heron Absolutely. I appreciate your encouragement

[@Craig_Humphries]

Home gardener from Germany here. Found this video very interesting, thank you!

[@youngredangus6041]

Craig Humphries Thanks!

[@Craig_Humphries]

@@youngredangus6041 You're welcome. :-) There are lots of videos showing the construction of a bioreactor, but this was the first video I've seen, which actually demonstrated how the compost gets used in agriculture.

[@arfarms5711]

I can’t wait to try this on our vegetable crops next year

[@jeffmcinnis9443]

Keep the vidge coming this is so crucial to our soil

[@smittys19daytona]

The future of framing for sure and needs to be shown how it will work on a bigger scale to show you can feed the world Organically

[@annemcclarren402]

Super video thanks for sharing. We are also on your soil health path.

[@youngredangus6041]

Anne McClarren Thanks for the encouragement Where is your operation? Farming ranching or gardening?

[@greatdane3343]

Great stuff mate. Thanks for sharing.

[@youngredangus6041]

Great Dane Thanks for the encouragement!

[@joesass8918]

John talks about running the solution through a cyclone for 20-30 minutes for aeration. I’m guessing these are mounted on the tops of the large cone bottom tanks? Is it possible to get an image of this cyclone, or maybe a brand or part #? I will be trying this next spring with some bio5 compost and just started making some tote units to have my own compost for the 2024 growing season. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. - Joe

[@MoorlandMoss]

This is so great to see on a large scale. I'm a living soil Cannabis grower and I'm really hoping the Agri-Business model can move towards these types of microbial applications.

[@youngredangus6041]

Moorland Moss Thanks for the encouragement.

[@organicentourage]

Jay, I've been watching all your videos on extract. They're so helpful as I'm working to set up an extract system for a 3-rd generation organic dairy farm here in Wisconsin gratis. The first year we'll have to be working out of totes as money is really tight, but I'm hoping we could implement something similar to what John is doing along with building Johnson Su totes as you've described. I don't know if you have answers to any of these questions but this is what I was wondering as I imagined building a extractor like John's. 1. What is the red fitting on top of the tank where the extract enters the top of the tank? Does the red fitting introduce air into the extract stream as it enters the tank at the top? 2. Does the extract entering the tank at the top take a 90-degree turn so it’s going horizontally around the top rim of the tank to create a large vortex in the tank? 3. If there is a large vortex in the tank, what is the flow rate of the pump? 4. What mesh screen is used in the filter? 5. Did John have to make any modifications required on the planter to prevent plugging of the lines with extract? Again, super helpful information because you're showing how to make extract work on a farm scale! By the way, regarding your Johnson Su trials, I've watched other videos particularly of aerated static compost piles. They also run about a 70% moisture content. The general way to test if its too wet is to squeeze a handful. No more than a drop or so should come out even when squeezing hard. On the flip side testing for dryness, even course wood chips (assuming its been mixed with other materials) should clump together enough to more-or-less remain in a ball. I saw water dripping out of your hand on at least one sample and this is way too wet. Also, they talk about the importance of "bulk density" as it relates to "free air space" which is important so the pile can breath.. Bulk density should be between 550-950 lbs/cu.yd.- 20-35 lbs/cu.ft. Since a 5-gallon bucket is 0.67 cu.ft., a 5-gallon bucket should weigh between 14-24 pounds. To do this, fill the bucket half way and tampi it down by hand, 2/3rds and tamp, full and tamp, and then topping it off. Finish by weighing the bucket. Another way to measure "free air space" is by filling a 5-gallon bucket as described. Next, fill the bucket filled with material with water. The water will fill up all the air spaces. Next, subtract the weight of the bucket with material only from the bucket with material and water. Next, divide the water weight by 62.43 to get the volume of air in the bucket (62.43 lbs. water = 1cu.ft.). Finish by dividing the volume of air in cu.ft. by 0.67 to get the percent of the bucket that is “free air space”. The percent of free air space should be between 35-60%.

[@youngredangus6041]

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[@youngredangus6041]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYCqnImdlLmnirs The system they have is pretty amazing as well

[@speedbuggy16v]

I am going to be doing this to feed my 1600 foot greenhouse, Thanks for the info, this should reduce my costs quite a bit, and help me produce a better product. Thanks!

[@xDanoss318x]

I love your operation!

[@youngredangus6041]

xDanoss318x Thank you so much for the encouragement!

[@ThisisHowieDewitt777]

I just subscribed, keep us informed really interested in this, Great video and narration.

[@youngredangus6041]

Howard's KZbin Gardening Thanks

[@youngredangus6041]

Howard's KZbin Gardening Are you into farming or gardening?

[@ThisisHowieDewitt777]

@@youngredangus6041 Gardening

[@youngredangus6041]

Sorry for anyone who hasn’t been able to ask questions. I didn’t realize the comments were off when I first posted.

[@nathancooper8167]

Quick question on yield...what is the average yield for corn around you guys? Both organic and conventional...I heard 120 bu is that conventional?

[@youngredangus6041]

Nathan Cooper 120 is a good year. Our best year was 168 on a field. People in our area shoot for 12k to 17k on population. I can ask around on organic.

[@nathancooper8167]

@@youngredangus6041 ok thanks! Just trying to compare yields percentage wise in order to compare to mn yields!

[@nathancooper8167]

@@youngredangus6041 also are you guys using this to transition to organic or just replace fertilizers? Sorry for so many questions!

[@youngredangus6041]

Nathan Cooper No worries I’d love to do organic but we have to increase soil health before we think about organic

[@michaelmoore7831]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. I'm guessing with a farm of that size, it's not practical to try to lay some kind of mulch is it?

[@MrFarva85]

I learned about Johnson Su bioreactor about 4 months ago, and that led me down a road learning about carbon sequestration. Im approaching from a home owners perspective, and love seeing this on the ag scale. Are you aware of anyone monitoring carbon levels while doing this? Im just a 1/4 acre in Western Washington, and Im going to be spraying everything on my property to see how it fares. Id much rather help the soil and plants than spray and remediate with synthetics that could be killing beneficial microbes. Looking forward to following along as you learn new things. 👍

[@youngredangus6041]

I know John is doing a lot of test on his fields. He has in creased organic mater and he has increased the Fungus to bacteria ratios on his place as well.

[@youngredangus6041]

I love learning new things. Working on some rotational grazing videos and we are going to inter seed cover crops on our corn this year to try and see what combination of other species helps corn stay drought tolerant. Do you pant multi species of plants in your garden to have them help each other grow?

[@peaksoil]

Eco-Cycle in Boulder, CO is doing some citizen science on the impact of compost on suburban lots. Perhaps some of their information could be of use. www.ecocycle.org

[@MrFarva85]

Young Red Angus We grow in raised beds, but we will interplanted with some companion plants still. The basis of the beds is a hugelkulture system - hoping that in conjunction with a nice inoculation of good compost tea and interplanting we can make it through our dry summer with very little watering. Western Washington, as surprising as it may seem, has Mediterranean summers. Dry and pretty warm from July 5th to September.

[@MrFarva85]

Eric Johnson Thanks for the link. I have some weekend reading to do!

[@farmcope]

Is he using spray nozzles or stream nozzles when applying to his wheat?

[@greg3244]

Do you think spraying this kind of compost tea over the top a hay field prove beneficial for the health of the soil in the field and for the hay yields one can expect?

[@TS-vr9of]

Definitely. If you have been using high value synthetics and herbicides or pesticides then you have been unknowingly hurting your soil biology. This type of compost is like a good probiotic. Like probiotics get our guts functioning better this compost heals the gut of the plants which is the root zone and lets then get more free nutrients from the soil as well as balance maintain a balanced nutrition which leads to less pest and disease.

[@costeffeful]

@@TS-vr9of Do you think it could be used as a replacement for nitrogen type fertilizer on cool season grasses?

[@TS-vr9of]

​@@costeffeful Completely weening off would be dependent on how active your soil biology is and how healthy and deep your soil is already. Dr. Johnson who's composting method he mentioned in the beginning of the video ran a trial with corn on irrigated land and found that with the biology the corn yielded just a little less then the corn with 250 units of N. he also did a strip with 15% of the recommended N rate and that out yielded the full rate. If it can work on corn I don't see way it wouldn't work just as good or better in the cool season. Maybe try some trials with full, half, 15%, and none to see what works on your farm as you increase soil health over the years.

[@andrewtaberner6040]

How is your mate John measuring his soil carbon?

[@stevederheim2114]

Whats the shelf life for the brew/finish product? I'll be doing this on a much smaller scale

[@youngredangus6041]

Steve Derheim Sorry for the late response. I won’t keep it beyond two days if you can’t keep air circulation in your extract.

[@MC-wx2fw]

Nice ! What's the compost/water ratio for the extraction ? Thanks !

[@manjichromagnon5480]

Would it be feasible to run the solution through hose that is pulled from a reel onto the feild by the tractor? It would avoid carrying the heavy weight over the soil

[@enstamud]

Awesome work dude 🤠🤓

[@youngredangus6041]

enstamud thanks!

[@HighFarndale]

Hi Jay Thanks for making these clips! I'm right at the start of making the bio-reactor, aiming to reduce compaction on hay meadows via an aerator/dribble set up initially. This may be obvious but how did you get the compost out of the reactor once the process was complete? Thanks again.

[@youngredangus6041]

Peter Mawson The process isn’t complete yet but I plan of taking the top off and replacing it wit one that is shorter is I don’t have to reach down into them

[@youngredangus6041]

Peter Mawson Where is your farming operation located?

[@HighFarndale]

@@youngredangus6041 North Yorkshire in the UK.

[@HighFarndale]

@@youngredangus6041 Got it; so you'd dig out as much as you needed from the top (or just under the surface)?

[@WoodiraeForrester]

Hello, Fellow Farmer! I am looking for a link for the sprayer you have attached to your water truck. It was from New Zealand I believe? Thank you for your help! I have invested in the Bio5 and want to be able to apply via our water truck. Thank you for your time!

[@youngredangus6041]

What min in the video are you talking about

[@WoodiraeForrester]

@@youngredangus6041 Well here's the sticky part, I've watched most of your videos...and I'm not sure which one it was in!! I also just have a water truck and am applying tea to alfalfa. You stated in the video that you tried several spray nozzles before liking this one from New Zealand. I will try to track the correct video down.

[@farmcope]

How many gallons/acre did he use in furrow with the crustbuster drill?

[@fshah48]

Keep up the good work. How long are seeds drenched in extract? Are seeds dried before seeding or seeded wet right after drenching?

[@youngredangus6041]

Farooq Shah We did an experiment that I made a video on. We soaked them for 10-15 min then planted them. This wheat planting season is the first time I’m going to treat the seed. I plan on making a video.

[@jacoblandis4535]

@@youngredangus6041 I'm curious too. I feel like wet corn and beans might have a hard time going through the meter on our planter??

[@youngredangus6041]

Farooq Shah I’m sorry I don’t know how I missed this post. I put 11 gallons on 180 bushel of wheat. Straight in the no til drill with no issues

[@youngredangus6041]

Jacob Landis I’m going to try it on corn next year

[@antaanta9597]

What's your opinion on inoculating walnut/hazelnut seedlings before transplanting them into orchard?? And keep up with good work, you're giving us all some real value with your videos.. Good luck and health!!

[@youngredangus6041]

Anta Anta Thank you so much for the encouragement. I think it will be great. I would encourage you to make sure you use a lot of wood chips for a good fungal dominant compost. It may take longer than a year to make. In the mean time you might be able to buy some mycorrhizae inoculate. www.researchgate.net/publication/324264731_Impact_of_mycorrhizal_fungi_on_walnuts_and_grapes_resistance_to_pathogens_in_Ukrainian_orchards_-_a_review

[@youngredangus6041]

Anta Anta Where is your orchard located?

[@antaanta9597]

@@youngredangus6041 First of all, thanks for replying and sharing the link from that research!! I tend to read some researches over there when it comes to chicken ,fermented feed ,etc, but I forgot to search on this topic xD I don't have an orchard, yet.. Plan is to start planting next year It will be located on Balkan (South-Eastern Europe, but my climate is continental, cold winters, hot summers, basically all four seasons are present)

[@youngredangus6041]

Good luck!

[@daviddockendorff393]

Hi Jay. Any knowledge on how the bio reactor behaves in colder climates? Say January - February temperatures of -20 C to -30 C. Perhaps the cold weather just slows down the process and doesn't kill it...

[@youngredangus6041]

David Dockendorff David Johnson says not to let it freeze. John has let his get down to around -12 C but -20 to -30 is really cold. Do you have a way of putting heating tape around it and insulation?

[@daviddockendorff393]

​@@youngredangus6041 I thought it might be a bit too cold here. I could insulate but oxygen is important so it would have to have air flow... I can put it in the shop which rarely get more than a few deg below 0 C. It will be annoyingly in the way all winter. Thanks for the input. I think I'll try it this fall and see what happens..

[@sierrabravo7368]

So can I assume that the purpose of having livestock on a farm like yours is to pay for the nitrogen fixing cover crop and also to eat the corn stalks after harvest?

[@youngredangus6041]

I enjoy cattle more than farming. But those are one of the benefits. The main reason to have cattle is to raise quality females that are deep bodied and have exceptional feet and fantastic udders. Cattle that will last and that people can be proud of

[@stkcattleandhay]

How many # of compost would I need to produce compost tea (extract) for 450 acres? I have horses in stalls and was thinking the manure and hay/bedding would make a good compost.

[@TS-vr9of]

Look up Dr. David Johnson's KZbin channel he gives details on how to make them. If you make the reactor to his specs it will yield 700 pounds per reactor. If you waited the full year till most of the material is fully digested then it will work as an infurrow drip at 2lbs/20gal an acre. each reactor will cover 350 acres so making 2 reactors will give you plenty for a furrow drip application. make 3 and you will have extra to experiment with doing seed coats and foliar.

[@stkcattleandhay]

@@TS-vr9of Thank you. I have watched a couple videos where he spoke but never found his channel. I will look that up. I farm 750ac of lease ground but the ground is too sandy for me to pull my drill with a loaded liquid tank so I would probably have to do foliar on that ground and if I do foliar there then I would do foliar on the 450ac I own. I have 3 totes worth of composted manure and hay already.

[@sierrabravo7368]

So just thinking you could get away with never adding N if you add N fixing plants but when do you know that it's time to add P?

[@brendengood482]

Search his chanel you will find the answer

[@jacobbarker9177]

Hi Jay, great video. What's the spec on the microscope he uses?

[@youngredangus6041]

Great question let me text him and I’ll get back to you.

[@youngredangus6041]

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[@youngredangus6041]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp6Vp4CEl5KJbLc Did you get a chance to watch that video?

[@jacobbarker9177]

@@youngredangus6041 that's awesome, cheers bud. I'll watch that now 👍

[@tbi1161]

Where did he get the small tank with the stainless screen?

[@youngredangus6041]

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[@youngredangus6041]

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[@youngredangus6041]

Blake [phone]. From NE sells them.

[@tbi1161]

Thank you

[@johnhannonHanno]

Do you have a large increase in Fungi on the farm?

[@youngredangus6041]

Yes I’m seeing more and more mushrooms every year

[@johnhannonHanno]

@@youngredangus6041 Wonderful, that is when you know it is working.

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Where do you get those systems or do you make them yourself or something like that to where you can break down your topsoil and be able to put on your your garden or your field or whatever you know you might be planting or is there some show that shows you how to make this thing I mean cuz it's great to sit here and talk about it and all that stuff but if if you're not showing people how to make it then how are people going to take advantage of this situation which I'm thinking is not about making money as much as it is about soil health then again maybe it is about making money I don't know

[@DanielGarcia-gg5xo]

Cant save this

[@youngredangus6041]

Daniel Garcia Are you wanting to save the video for later and KZbin won’t let you or are you asking a question.