Numbers don't lie. Neither do your good bugs in the soil. Nice work. Nice harvest. I have to figure out how to make it work on a one row shank. Possibly with a small tank above gravity fed into a hose so i can start applying this beneath grade before planting my sweet corn crop every year. You have really motivated me. I appreciate it. Its by far the most logical thing to do. Nitrogen is getting high and my guess it probably only aggravates the good biology.
You are awesome for trying this! 200 bushel the first year is great news. You will see more of a difference in 2022 with the price of fertilizer going up. Plus, the longer you follow these practices and build soil, the less fertilizer you'll need to maintain the max yield - at least that's the data from some other farmers. Keep posting updates!
Great work Young Angus. Btw my dog pic is my Angus…. As to the numbers, for those of you interested, but didn’t want to do the work: 3. Low man input is low output with given benchmark of zero per acre. 2. Highest input is midfield in production and profitability +$95 per acre in profit, 1. In profit (+$190 per acre) and production is “the compromise” with reduced 90lb N plus LCE(liquid compost extract). This does not take into account improved soil health, carbon sequestration etc also, same results this year would see the high input N and P as being least profitable as those cost are ~215% up from time of application in this demonstration. Hope this great work is paying off!
That's pretty awesome ! I love learning new stuff like this . We been bagging a bunch of grass clippings and leaves together the past few days to make our compost for next year . It's nice this time of year because you get a good mix of browns and greens when your bagging up the lawn . Thank you so much for sharing !
Take your fresh green grass clippings fill up a 5-gallon bucket 2/3 of the way put water in it to the top stir once a day for 4 days and watch what it does. I have checked the ECU in it it is 6.9. That is enough to provide throughout a whole life of a plant also while adding organic material into your soil.
Congratulations!! That’s what it’s all about right there. Thanks for the inspiration and following up. Been anxious for the results all season. Keep it up!
th-cam.com/video/31t4EXTg5As/w-d-xo.html I agree but there is so much N and Phos that is tied up that we can access if we get the beneficial Microbe populations up Can you text me later 620-376-8593 I have a question for you about organic farming
Thanks for doing this test and posting. "Our agronomist told us...that we needed (lots of N and P) but both my dad and I realized we didn't need that much Phos" If Dr. David Johnson's findings are correct, plant growth (crop production?) correlates more to the *fungus-to-bacteria ratio* in the soil than to NPK amendments. And a huge percentage of amendments that are added are not used by the crop -- they go into the environment (run-off, atmosphere). Curious to see if the compost-only benefits are additive, if they compound with each crop.
Is this same land producing more and more each year with less and less input costs? I'm curious to know how much more savings/profit you're getting year after year, assuming the soil health is getting better and better
This is extremely interesting. As a farmer, watching all the different videos on youtube, like the Johnson Su bioreactor, your first thought is ” you cant be serious But i hope you’re correct ”. Watching another farmer put it into practics is very, very valuable. A farmer preferebly takes advice from other farmers. How do you know for sure the compostextract complete and correct?
I agree that I also thought “there is no way that works but if it does I have to know how to do it.” David Johnson goes into more details on what it takes for the compost to be right. Did you watch the video on day 395? My compost went bad and I was able to fix it. As long as your compost doesn’t stink it is good. If it does there are some things you can do to fix it.
@@youngredangus6041 Do you have any favorite video of JohnsonSu which you recomend? I have done some composting similar to JohnsonSu But easier to do large scale. But still, doing what you have done must be the easiest. Are you on whatsapp or anything? I could share some info and pictures! Im from south Sweden, near Denmark. Growing organic vegetables and started this year to increase brix readings by stimulating photosynthesis.
Hi Jay! I just came up with another question - Did you make any plot with Zero N and Zero compostextract? To fully understand the extracts effect- this would be important knowledge.
Great video Jay! I am completely new to this but also completely blown away by this biology thing. Can you please clarify something for me? You said "No N, no P, 2lbs compost, 8gal/ac extract, got you: 200bush/ac ". Can you please say how much more profitable is it compared to conventional 1 acre with no JS extract and no covercrops at all(like most people do corn). Maybe you haven't done any conventional acres in this experiment, but I am just curious what is a difference generally between JS treated plus cover crop acre vs. conventional (just chemistry, no JS, no cover crops)... In other words, ideally, can you list how much does it cost you to do conventional one acre (no JS, no covercrops) and how much revenue you get with it and then how much does it cost to do this no N no P + JS extract, including cover crops (and if you added anything else) and how much revenue you get. Hope this is not too much to ask :) That would really mean a lot. Thanks!
Thanks Ziggy I don’t know that it is more profitable than conventional But the 1/2 of the N and no phos is close to 100 an acer more profitable depending on the price of corn.
My question is how does this work long-term? You're not putting a ton of nutrients into the soil. Eventually that resources going to be depleted. How do you keep this working long-term?
Thanks for showing the results. I am busy building a bioreactor and am wondering what your thoughts are on inoculating the bioreactor with mycorrhizal fungi and trichoderma? I want to use the compost to create an extract or tea to use in my commercial vineyards.
I look forward to your future years of using the compost spray to see what that does paired with intercropping. After a few years, do you feel the nitrogen that is naturally captured will be enough to negate the use of inputs at the levels you have in the past? The results for 1/2 Nitrogen and compost spray is crazy encouraging! What is the source of the N are you throwing down on your fields?
Were you able to achieve those results on treated seed corn, Or did you use naked seed? We also used Johnson and Sue on corn this year and saw a 25 to 35 bushel yield advantage with a full fertility program. I think your results are awesome. Keep up the good work
Young Red Angus sweet Springs Missouri, I think we both know Scott Clevenger. We have a dairy and a creamery. I’d like to visit with you a little more about what you’re doing out there. I think there’s a lot of potential in it
Thanks so much for video, very helpful. I'm planning on adding Johnson-Su compost extract to my infurrow mix this year. Also looking at adding Envita product to help with N production. Any thoughts on this combination?
I’ve found some. I’ll probably do a bag and do test strips with it. It’s going to be a slow process but I think it would be cool to go organic on all are stuff but controlling weeds with out using chemical will be tough because I don’t plan on doing tillage on our irrigated circles ever again
@@youngredangus6041 Have you seen Pete from "A Few Acres Farm"? He raises Dexters in New York state. I'm pretty sure he never sprays weeds and never tills. I think he renews his pastures about every 5-7 years.
Yes. We didn’t have earthworms on the irrigated circles before 2016 now we do. We cut 3 circles for silage the one that had been in cover crops the least amount of years had the most compaction issues. I have a video comparing my soil to my neighbors as well. Thanks for the question.
Are you up for visitors on a weekend to see your Johnson Su and composting set-up? Or there is a soil health workshop in Pratt 11/15-16 will you be there?
I didn’t use bio 5 on this field. The recipe wasn’t exact I pulled compost from every bio reactor each time. 2lbs if compost for 8 gallons of water. 8 gallons in furrow. Does that help?
In 2020 We grazed out cereal rye. Sprayed that Planted a summer cover crop mix Grazed that and sprayed it Planted wheat Planted corn into the wheat this spring Then sprayed it and planted the corn into it.
Let us how how that works out for you on a dry year when you get a total of 6" of rain during the whole corn growing season! Anyone can mine ground for two or three years and achieve good yields. Let's see you 10 yr avg with no nitrogen or phos.
These results are so confusing and poorly presented. You have confused the terms profit and yield so I have no idea what the actual results were. Perhaps a table stating the treatment, yeild and net profit for each treatment would be clearer.
I apologize I had a bunch of people asking me the results and I wanted to get a video out. The quality could have been a lot better. I don’t have time to put together a table at this point. We are still harvesting and getting calves in. You are welcome to call me and ask questions 620-376-8593
I don't get what all these positive comments are on about, it just shows that everyone wants to be heard rather than listen. Bushels and dollars getting jumbled up is horrendous and I got nothing from this video besides the general sentiment that Jay was excited.
Numbers don't lie. Neither do your good bugs in the soil. Nice work. Nice harvest. I have to figure out how to make it work on a one row shank. Possibly with a small tank above gravity fed into a hose so i can start applying this beneath grade before planting my sweet corn crop every year. You have really motivated me. I appreciate it. Its by far the most logical thing to do. Nitrogen is getting high and my guess it probably only aggravates the good biology.
One can use numbers to lie - more important is the scale and number of years
You are awesome for trying this! 200 bushel the first year is great news. You will see more of a difference in 2022 with the price of fertilizer going up. Plus, the longer you follow these practices and build soil, the less fertilizer you'll need to maintain the max yield - at least that's the data from some other farmers. Keep posting updates!
Thanks for your all teaching 🌞. Regards from Poland 🇵🇱🙋.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Great work Young Angus. Btw my dog pic is my Angus…. As to the numbers, for those of you interested, but didn’t want to do the work: 3. Low man input is low output with given benchmark of zero per acre. 2. Highest input is midfield in production and profitability +$95 per acre in profit, 1. In profit (+$190 per acre) and production is “the compromise” with reduced 90lb N plus LCE(liquid compost extract). This does not take into account improved soil health, carbon sequestration etc also, same results this year would see the high input N and P as being least profitable as those cost are ~215% up from time of application in this demonstration. Hope this great work is paying off!
That's pretty awesome ! I love learning new stuff like this . We been bagging a bunch of grass clippings and leaves together the past few days to make our compost for next year . It's nice this time of year because you get a good mix of browns and greens when your bagging up the lawn . Thank you so much for sharing !
Diego Footer has videos here on TH-cam that are a great companion to what Jay has uploaded here. Exciting stuff!
@@MrFarva85 Thank you ! I have watched a few of his videos over the years .
Take your fresh green grass clippings fill up a 5-gallon bucket 2/3 of the way put water in it to the top stir once a day for 4 days and watch what it does. I have checked the ECU in it it is 6.9. That is enough to provide throughout a whole life of a plant also while adding organic material into your soil.
Thanks for taking the time to put these videos together! What a great result, can't wait to see what next year brings.
Lauren thanks for the encouragement!
Congratulations!! That’s what it’s all about right there. Thanks for the inspiration and following up. Been anxious for the results all season. Keep it up!
Thanks!
KUDOS.. VERY COOL!
So happy there are farmers & ranchers having the courage to experiment.. CONGRATS!
Thanks for the encouragement!
thanks for taking your time to post this.
Wow great work. Every ag school should be teaching this
Thanks!
I think the composted manure definitely helped too :)
th-cam.com/video/31t4EXTg5As/w-d-xo.html
I agree but there is so much N and Phos that is tied up that we can access if we get the beneficial Microbe populations up
Can you text me later
620-376-8593
I have a question for you about organic farming
Thanks for doing this test and posting. "Our agronomist told us...that we needed (lots of N and P) but both my dad and I realized we didn't need that much Phos" If Dr. David Johnson's findings are correct, plant growth (crop production?) correlates more to the *fungus-to-bacteria ratio* in the soil than to NPK amendments. And a huge percentage of amendments that are added are not used by the crop -- they go into the environment (run-off, atmosphere). Curious to see if the compost-only benefits are additive, if they compound with each crop.
Excelente vídeo!
Seria 200 bushel por acre?
In a few weeks we will cut this years corn crop!
Is this same land producing more and more each year with less and less input costs? I'm curious to know how much more savings/profit you're getting year after year, assuming the soil health is getting better and better
That's awesome!
Hey jay,
Bloody love your work.
Got a quick question Mate, with the corn seed….
Was it bare corn seed.
Or was it treated with fungicide??
It had a fungicide/insecticide treatment
@@youngredangus6041
Thanks buddy
Mate your a bloody inspiration. Your The next gave brown x Nicole masters
@@brummell1988
Thanks for the encouragement
This is extremely interesting.
As a farmer, watching all the different videos on youtube, like the Johnson Su bioreactor, your first thought is ” you cant be serious But i hope you’re correct ”.
Watching another farmer put it into practics is very, very valuable. A farmer preferebly takes advice from other farmers.
How do you know for sure the compostextract complete and correct?
I agree that I also thought “there is no way that works but if it does I have to know how to do it.”
David Johnson goes into more details on what it takes for the compost to be right.
Did you watch the video on day 395?
My compost went bad and I was able to fix it.
As long as your compost doesn’t stink it is good. If it does there are some things you can do to fix it.
Did that answer your question? Also where is your farm located?
@@youngredangus6041
Do you have any favorite video of JohnsonSu which you recomend?
I have done some composting similar to JohnsonSu But easier to do large scale. But still, doing what you have done must be the easiest. Are you on whatsapp or anything? I could share some info and pictures! Im from south Sweden, near Denmark. Growing organic vegetables and started this year to increase brix readings by stimulating photosynthesis.
@@joelmansson605
For building one or knowing more about the science of how it works?
Hi Jay!
I just came up with another question - Did you make any plot with Zero N and Zero compostextract?
To fully understand the extracts effect- this would be important knowledge.
Hey Jay, thumps up
Great video Jay! I am completely new to this but also completely blown away by this biology thing. Can you please clarify something for me? You said "No N, no P, 2lbs compost, 8gal/ac extract, got you: 200bush/ac ". Can you please say how much more profitable is it compared to conventional 1 acre with no JS extract and no covercrops at all(like most people do corn).
Maybe you haven't done any conventional acres in this experiment, but I am just curious what is a difference generally between JS treated plus cover crop acre vs. conventional (just chemistry, no JS, no cover crops)...
In other words, ideally, can you list how much does it cost you to do conventional one acre (no JS, no covercrops) and how much revenue you get with it and then how much does it cost to do this no N no P + JS extract, including cover crops (and if you added anything else) and how much revenue you get.
Hope this is not too much to ask :) That would really mean a lot. Thanks!
Thanks Ziggy
I don’t know that it is more profitable than conventional
But the 1/2 of the N and no phos is close to 100 an acer more profitable depending on the price of corn.
I don’t do conventional tillage anymore
@@youngredangus6041 Ok. Close to one hundred dollars more profitable?
@@ziggypop6682
It really depends on your inputs and how much rain you get and what you yield potential is.
@@youngredangus6041 Ok thanks Jay!
Thats good news. What kind of supplemental N did you used?
Urea a few weeks before planting
My question is how does this work long-term? You're not putting a ton of nutrients into the soil. Eventually that resources going to be depleted. How do you keep this working long-term?
Have you had a chance to watch the nitrogen myth?
th-cam.com/video/eOqjcRT05CY/w-d-xo.html
@@youngredangus6041 I haven't looked. I'll watch it after this video!
Love to see yearly outputs if you keep putting extract only over a 5 plus year period.
Charcoal is the number 1 soil amendment. Permanent fertility
Thanks for showing the results. I am busy building a bioreactor and am wondering what your thoughts are on inoculating the bioreactor with mycorrhizal fungi and trichoderma? I want to use the compost to create an extract or tea to use in my commercial vineyards.
I’d imagine those things would be great but I guess I’m not totally sure. Good luck with the vineyard!
Where is your vineyard at?
Ive got about 200 acres in stellenbosch, south africa
I look forward to your future years of using the compost spray to see what that does paired with intercropping.
After a few years, do you feel the nitrogen that is naturally captured will be enough to negate the use of inputs at the levels you have in the past? The results for 1/2 Nitrogen and compost spray is crazy encouraging!
What is the source of the N are you throwing down on your fields?
Urea
Yes. I’m super encouraged as well
Were you able to achieve those results on treated seed corn, Or did you use naked seed? We also used Johnson and Sue on corn this year and saw a 25 to 35 bushel yield advantage with a full fertility program. I think your results are awesome. Keep up the good work
The corn seed was treated. The plan is to do some test next year with untreated corn seed.
Where is your farm?
Young Red Angus sweet Springs Missouri, I think we both know Scott Clevenger. We have a dairy and a creamery. I’d like to visit with you a little more about what you’re doing out there. I think there’s a lot of potential in it
620-376-8593
@@youngredangus6041 what is the treatement molecule of your corn ? best regards from france
Thanks so much for video, very helpful. I'm planning on adding Johnson-Su compost extract to my infurrow mix this year. Also looking at adding Envita product to help with N production. Any thoughts on this combination?
This is great! What was your N program? Product, timing, and app method?
Urea spread on dry in the spring
We irrigated it to incorporate it
Nice. 😎
cool
Btw, are you able to source undressed seed for next year?
Any thoughts on using higher JS rates with the reduced N agron?
I’ve found some.
I’ll probably do a bag and do test strips with it. It’s going to be a slow process but I think it would be cool to go organic on all are stuff but controlling weeds with out using chemical will be tough because I don’t plan on doing tillage on our irrigated circles ever again
@@youngredangus6041 Have you seen Pete from "A Few Acres Farm"? He raises Dexters in New York state. I'm pretty sure he never sprays weeds and never tills. I think he renews his pastures about every 5-7 years.
@@elizabethblane201
He has a channel on TH-cam?
@@youngredangus6041 Yes, here's a link: th-cam.com/video/Z3zILB_iCNw/w-d-xo.html the complete guide to creating great pastures for your Dexter cattle
Do you see any differences in the soil yet?
Yes. We didn’t have earthworms on the irrigated circles before 2016 now we do.
We cut 3 circles for silage the one that had been in cover crops the least amount of years had the most compaction issues.
I have a video comparing my soil to my neighbors as well. Thanks for the question.
Are you up for visitors on a weekend to see your Johnson Su and composting set-up? Or there is a soil health workshop in Pratt 11/15-16 will you be there?
@@russellsmith3825
You can come out and visit anytime.
Just give me a heads up
620-376-8593
Text me so I have your contact
Can you write-up your recipe for this?
Including whether bio5 was used, and if so in what ratios.
Many thanks.
I didn’t use bio 5 on this field.
The recipe wasn’t exact
I pulled compost from every bio reactor each time.
2lbs if compost for 8 gallons of water.
8 gallons in furrow.
Does that help?
what state are you?
Kansas
what was your herbicide program?
In 2020
We grazed out cereal rye. Sprayed that
Planted a summer cover crop mix
Grazed that and sprayed it
Planted wheat
Planted corn into the wheat this spring
Then sprayed it and planted the corn into it.
Let us how how that works out for you on a dry year when you get a total of 6" of rain during the whole corn growing season! Anyone can mine ground for two or three years and achieve good yields. Let's see you 10 yr avg with no nitrogen or phos.
Do you farm as well Jason?
Sweet shit.
Thanks!
Check out jadam organic farming
These results are so confusing and poorly presented. You have confused the terms profit and yield so I have no idea what the actual results were. Perhaps a table stating the treatment, yeild and net profit for each treatment would be clearer.
I apologize
I had a bunch of people asking me the results and I wanted to get a video out. The quality could have been a lot better.
I don’t have time to put together a table at this point.
We are still harvesting and getting calves in.
You are welcome to call me and ask questions
620-376-8593
I don't get what all these positive comments are on about, it just shows that everyone wants to be heard rather than listen. Bushels and dollars getting jumbled up is horrendous and I got nothing from this video besides the general sentiment that Jay was excited.
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