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E37 FCC: Zack Smith - Farming for the Future: Integrating Crops and Livestock


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Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.

 

Zack Smith, a fifth-generation farmer, innovator and co-founder of a groundbreaking new crop production system known as stock cropping, draws from nearly two decades of experience in agronomy and his passion for resilient community-focused agriculture.

 

2:00 Where did stock cropping come from?

04:20 Strip Intercropping

07:10 The Cluster Collect 5000

07:45 How many rows of corn and livestock do they usually have?

08:45 What was the higher crop output he observed?

17:10 The opposing viewpoints from his community

23:00 The future for Cluster Collect 

28:50 What challenges emerge when integrating small poultry clusters on 1, 2, or 3-acre plots for small-scale farmers, mainly when dealing with slopes or irrigation needs?

33:00 Are these things in constant movement as they go throughout the field?

 

Connect with Zack:

 

Youtube: Stockcropper

Website: www.thestockcropper.com

 

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