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SC Minnesota | I'm about as tight as gets when looking at the cost of putting the seed in the ground and harvesting. Looking at savings doesn't stop at seed costs, fertility costs, and possibly biologicals. It has to include looking at ways to put less hours on equipment and less fuel into the tractors, and yet many people don't want to even consider that. I farm in a county where very few strip-till or no-till. I hear people say all the time that it doesn't work here and yet somehow I am 25-30% higher on aph than the county average for corn and soybeans using those practices. I plant cover crops and farmers look at me like I am nuts and yet it helps reduce herbicide costs due to weed suppression and this all gives my biology a boost. The healthier soils allow me to buy less commercial fertilizer. A healthy soil brings a lot of savings to farming and you can still get high yields. So back to the OP, most of the biologicals in a jug are a waste of money, but the pursuit of a healthy soil is very beneficial and will have costs along the way that might not show a roi on the yield monitor, especially the first year. | |
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So what has worked. World of biologicals. So what’s worked.
