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| To balance some, let's talk about the sunlight. Longest days of the year right now, and in the pics a lot of sunlight hitting dirt to help oxidize the soil and release stored nutrients, and soil currently very susceptible to erosion if heavy rains occur, at least on fields with much slope.
Comparing that to the "herd" that mostly has already or close to canopied corn that's likely currently sequestering significant C into the shaded soil to align with the longest days of the year, while also having large amounts of living green residue and root mass to help protect against current erosion potential.
It's great to try new things, and see where possible improvements can be made, but just don't think any of us can say one way is better than the other with much confidence. One great thing about Ag is seeing all the different things tried, compared, researched, etc. with overwhelming amounts of data and results to mull over and the freedom an enthusiasm to try different methods.
I remember taking a "Survival of man" elective college class in the 70's. According to them at the time, no way production ag was going to keep up with population growth. In their projections. the 21st Century would be a time of mass human starvation with crashing human populations.
Instead, getting close to 50 years later, some World counts have current World population increasing a net approx. 20,000 people/day, believe it or not. That adds up, but yet we have huge grain surpluses. That's a pretty good pat on the back to "herd" farming methods imo. Yeah, there's still pockets of starvation, but sadly more due to politics and distribution than a lack of overall food being available. Would be amiss to not mention Brazil here, like them or not their rapidly increasing grain production has stabilized any potential grain shortages developing. | |
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Solar corridor 2020
