Soil Health: A Farmer's Story of Results in a No-Till ... · SUMMER: ACCENTUATE . NOT A MYSTERY . JUST RESULTS . Felver Farm Soil Test after 4 ... •Easy start •Soil bean disease

MICROBIOLOGY

M O N O

P O L Y

IT IS SIMPLE

Costs per acre for corn traditional 636, ecological 346

Costs per acre for beans traditional 434 ecological 167

Yield difference by tiers on a ten year average corn tier one advantage 29 bushel, tier two advantage is 7 bushel

Yield difference by tiers beans tier one advantage 10.8, tier two advantage is 2.8

Tier One is 6 years or more and tier two is 3-5 and tier one is 1-3

LIKE A CHEF:

CHOICES

TRUCK FARMING

ECOLOGICAL FARMING

• Always keep it green

• Mitigate toxicity

• Use appropriate soil amendments

• Never till

• Use viable biological enhancements

• A misstep is not a step backwards, it is a quantum leap backwards

ALWAYS KEEP IT GREEN

MITIGATE TOXICITY

USE APPROPRIATE SOIL AMENDMENTS

NEVER EVER TILL

USE VIABLE BIOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS

A MISSTEP IS NOT A STEP BACKWARDS, IT IS A QUANTUM

LEAP BACKWARDS

LESS IS MORE…MORE IS TOO MUCH!

AEROBIC SOIL

RELAY CC

FALL FORAGE

SPRING FORAGE

IN GROUND EFFECT FOR THE ABOVE GROUND EVENT

FALL: SUSTAIN AND MAINTAIN

SPRING: STIMULATE

TERMINATE

SUMMER: ACCENTUATE

NOT A MYSTERY

JUST RESULTS

Felver Farm Soil Test after 4 Years •P increased 23%

•K increased 14%

•OM added .46%

•Without adding any nutrients

DIVERSITY

FALLOW FORAGE

Cereal Rye before Soybeans -

• 7.1 bushel yield bump

• Easy start

• Soil bean disease issues remediated

• Beginning of soil health

• Good for OM

Fallow Period Forage/150lbs nitrogen

• Viable double crop

• Great for nutrient preparation

• Excellent soil structure enhancement

• High value feed

REDUCED INPUTS: • DO NOT FERTILIZE FOR SOYBEANS

• REDUCED RATES OF SULFUR, HALF RATE NITROGEN, NO PHOSPHOROUS, MINIMAL MICRONUTRIENTS FOR CORN

• HALF NITROGEN, HALF POTASH FOR SMALL GRAIN

• DO NOT FERTILIZE FORAGE

YIELD RESULTS: • SOYBEAN YIELDS INCREASED 10+ BUSHELS

• CORN COMPARABLE TO NEIGHBORING YIELDS

• WHEAT YIELDS INCREASED 10-20 BUSHELS

• HAY YIELDS INCREASED 50%