Fontanelle, IA | Pvafarm - 4/17/2024 05:59
That went well...
I don't know what it is about NAT but over the years it attracts segments of the population like NE soil builder. Soil Life comes to mind and while he had some good comments he was a shady character as I recall. Others have come and gone like Bad Farmer who had other things going on and I know there's others I can't remember.
This forum works best as a question and answer site and if you think you have something that can help the masses then present evidence of it. It can be work you've done or from others. And when soil health specialists get put on a pedestal how about tying their work back to actual research results that show yield responses?
Here's an example of some work we've been doing. Over the years as the cover movement picked up steam some vocal people began talking about how covers, cereal rye in this area, should be let growing with the soybeans because good things happen with tall covers. Fertility is brought up from deep, we are going increase OM and yields - well nobody talked about cash crop yields. The assumption was all the "good things" that happen are worth it. So myself, a few others along with Dr James Stute (independent researcher) have been testing this theory.
Past 3 seasons in charts.
NAT had a lot of great contributors about soil biology & fertility interactions many, many years ago. I personally gained and gleaned quite a bit from posters such as Soil Life and Ed Winkle and many others. I posted quite a few questions directly asking their insight in my situations.
Those folks can Rest In Peace. No need to label folks as “shady”. |