Lloyd, The BD remedies in the broadcaster set up the conditions, but, of course, if the soil is dead it helps enormously to apply some compost to get the micro-organisms cooking. If the soil is already biologically alive no compost may be needed. We planted a couple acre corn field this year on an old dairy hayfield that had enough biology and got good corn yield with no fertilizer whatsoever. Planning on doing this on a 8 acre field next year, as we could use the animal feed, and corn adds about half a percent organic matter in a season.
Best, Hugh >Dear Hugh > We have Cheryl working on this and I am really looking >forward to your visit if it can be organised - so we'll keep our fingers >crossed - she usually manages to get things to happen. I would have thought >you'd get a group in Santa Fe easy - maybe the title scared them off? > >(from your reply to Michelle).> As for >> rainmaking, if anyone can put together a class, I'd like to see at least >> 30 attendees and go two days. >> One of the frustrations I feel is that most people are so plugged into >> advertising and the pictures and totally engineered sales pitches in the >> major farm magazines. The corn you showed me from in the past compared to >the >> recent higher quality shows the true story, while, as you say the elevator >> doesn't pay any extra for the quality. That's pretty discouraging, knowing >> that if you grow responsibly you don't get(m)any breaks. > >I have been heartened by the fact that out here several animal feeder >operations are >sniffing around - looking to source grain grown on re mineralised soil >programs at a bit of a premium - this is outside of organic certified - >these feedlot operations keep meticulous records and do their sums and >aparently have found that they are getting a better result for less grain - >they are sharks for sure and are not doing this out of any sense of moral >responsibility. > >> We've got the tools. Our homeopathic remedies and means for applying them > > are good enough already, though they may improve. We can create the >> conditions in virtually any soils to fix nitrogen out of the air and >dispense with >> nitrogen fertilizers. > >The 'how to " of this would make a good after dinner discussion for February >in Aus! > >>-- it is a win to >> KNOW we can do a different agriculture with homeopathics and radionics, >> despite the fact that the market doesn't give us much advantage. Our >slight >> advantage is that we know we can get our nitrogen out of the air and can >> make rain in timely fashion. > >I am really looking forward to learning more of this > >Cheers >Lloyd Charles Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
