Worm Castings and Gypsum
The goal of the worm casting is to increase the biology in the soil to increase nutrient efficiency and uptake.
We used the gypsum both as a carrier for the casting as well as the calcium’s ability to help without affecting our PH. We are hopeful this will help with some compaction issues we are having in our heavier loam soils.
This JD 750 Drill of Mike and Janet McDonald, at Indigo Ridge Farms, Palmyra, NE was modified in at least seven ways to more effectively drill into heavy residue.
The Exapta modifications include: spiked Thompson closing wheels, narrow/flexible seed firmers, narrow/spiked/flexible gauge wheels, and the harder/single discs and the unilever hydraulics for each row unit. The two, Needham modifications are the long/hard seed tubes and the double-ribbed seed tube connector thus ensuring consistent seed flow.
Although there is no single accepted defintion of regenerative agriculture, there are many principles and practices that encompass the movement of regenerative agriculture. First and foremost are the principles of soil health: minimize soil disturbance (no-till), keep the soil covered, keep a living root growing for as much time as possible, add diversity of plants to the landscape and integrate grazing livestock onto the land.
Cover crops are used primarily as a method to keep the soil covered during periods of time when a cash crop is not being grown. A cover crop can be a single species or multiple species planted at the same time. Some commonly used cover crops are cereal rye, buckwheat, cowpeas, mung beans, clovers and oats. But there are hundreds of potential plant species that can be used as cover crops.
No-till on the Plains and Upfield, the parent company for Country Crock Spread, have partnered to provide a cover crop cost-share program for producers in eastern Kansas and western Missouri.
ALL 2025 acres have been spoken for, to be added to the waiting list please e-mail [email protected].
*** Cover crops must be planted on acres not previously planted to covers***
Grain Sorghum is a primary crop in the High Plains in drought vulnerable areas. The crop is frequently planted in a no-till system, but herbicide and insecticide treatment is common place. In 2015 and 2016, Kansas grain sorghum crops were decimated by the incidence of the sugar cane aphid.
