130: Using Cover Crops & Soil Fertility to Minimize Weed Pressure
July 25, 2022
We have for today a very interesting interview with one of our farmer partners from the east of the Mississippi, Rick Meyers. How many times have you truly worked on ways to increase your farm yields and make more profits? The fact of the matter is, we need profits to grow our farms, right? How do we push a whole new system to fit an existing cover crop structure we have already started? This is what we are going to learn today so tune into this episode. Let’s go!
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Episode 130 Highlights ✨
01:51 First off, let’s get to know Rick Meyers <<
03:29 His unique discovery of A Better Way to Farm
04:13 Rick’s first year doing cover crops ß
06:08 The difference with the A Better Way to farm system!
07:07 Finding a better path with cover crops …
08:33 Sticking with cover crops with efficient systems in place this time around
09:30 Severe issues with water hemp are ugh!
10:55 Reduced herbicide passes help increase profitability too!
12:14 Working with the best agronomy team in the nation!
13:39 Planning to push through cover crops this year? Listen to Rick here <<
15:41 The best thing the A Better Way to Farm team can offer us is …
16:49 How important is it to look at the soil sampling side of things?
17:36 Where else can we make more money? Hmm-hmm…
18:52 Here’s Rick’s advice for today ß
19:29 Kindly rate us a 5 ✨, review our content, like, subscribe, & share us with a family or friend!!
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