ecmn | swampdoc - 5/4/2026 20:13
And not saying you're wrong, but as usual, you talked over most folks. Let me explain it for you in real simple terms....flat black tiled central Illinois dirt (cover crop, no way, and the soil ain't dead ) + Mega farmers paying too much rent pulling high speed discs= dust storms. See, a simple explanation that everybody understands
If you're talking to me every one of us understand there used to be more crop rotation and some level of livestock was a whole lot more common.
Nothing I said was over anybody's head
What does the size of the farm or the rent being paid have to do with soil blowing?
Illinois, tiled, no cover crop, highly productive but dead non- function dirt
High speed disk / vertical till absolute dust makers.
Changing weather
More synthetic inputs
Them are all triggers, the cause is lack of carbon/ biology. Farm in a manner that is more carbon positive and the dust reduces.
Sometimes soil blows, healthy and non healthy. The when it's blowing is the important part. A little blowing while getting crops in is almost unavoidable.
Blowing from post harvest to spring, absolutely we can reduce that.
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Does soil get worked down finer now than it did 15-20 years ago?
