We have seeded clover or alfalfa with our oats or barley for probably 20 years. It works well for us. Sometimes you have to mow it or disk it mid fall for weed control.
my granddad always planted red clover with his oats, I don't think alfalfa verities were available at that time/location. then the clover became a hay field for a few seasons, then he put his hogs on it the year before corn. I think by the end of summer there probably wasn't a single clover root to be found in the field. did need the loader to fill in some wallows they made though. he wasn't an organic farmer, but like many of his peers at that time the framework was already there, crop rotation and livestock were seen as critical part soil health/fertility
Greetings from Europe! I am also an organic farmer. you do a good job! how is the infrastructure over there for organic farmers? is it easy to sell your organic soyabeans and other organic products? what is the price for 1.000kg soyabeans from your farm? Do you have many organic certification companies in the usa? how many acres of farmland you need in the usa to make a living for a family of 6 people? i am so interested in organic farming in the us
Hello! Sorry for the late reply! The infrastructure is pretty good! There has been a lot of acres transitioned to organic across the US in the last 5 years. Yes its pretty easy to sell our products, there is starting to be a lot of buyers in our industry. Right now our price for soybeans is in the mid to upper teens per bushel for soybeans. We would guess it would take about 500 acres to support a family of 6 off of organic farming alone, it might be more than that with this years price.
We have seeded clover or alfalfa with our oats or barley for probably 20 years. It works well for us. Sometimes you have to mow it or disk it mid fall for weed control.
my granddad always planted red clover with his oats, I don't think alfalfa verities were available at that time/location. then the clover became a hay field for a few seasons, then he put his hogs on it the year before corn. I think by the end of summer there probably wasn't a single clover root to be found in the field. did need the loader to fill in some wallows they made though. he wasn't an organic farmer, but like many of his peers at that time the framework was already there, crop rotation and livestock were seen as critical part soil health/fertility
Greetings from Europe! I am also an organic farmer. you do a good job! how is the infrastructure over there for organic farmers? is it easy to sell your organic soyabeans and other organic products? what is the price for 1.000kg soyabeans from your farm? Do you have many organic certification companies in the usa? how many acres of farmland you need in the usa to make a living for a family of 6 people? i am so interested in organic farming in the us
Hello! Sorry for the late reply! The infrastructure is pretty good! There has been a lot of acres transitioned to organic across the US in the last 5 years. Yes its pretty easy to sell our products, there is starting to be a lot of buyers in our industry. Right now our price for soybeans is in the mid to upper teens per bushel for soybeans. We would guess it would take about 500 acres to support a family of 6 off of organic farming alone, it might be more than that with this years price.