#RealisticRegenAg | Cover crops need to pay in the immediate, short, and long-term. Join me as I discuss how treating cover crops as another input on the farm that is expected to give results will pay now and in the future.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/023-cover-crop-roi

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Are Cover Crops Worth the Work?

Pulse School: Targeted cover crop use could reduce soil erosion

#RealisticRegenAg | Given this new idea that tillage does not cause organic matter loss and my idea that cover crops are basically just putting carbon in its proper place, it follows that potatoes are not inherently bad for the soil. Their problem is they disturb this layering of organic matter that protects the surface. The goal, then, is to do what we can to keep as much organic matter in place as possible while growing the potatoes.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/022-potatoes-tillage-soil-health

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#RealisticRegenAg Now that we have a way to maximize the ground cover with green plants  and having living roots growing as much as the heat and the moisture  will allow, we can look at ways to supercharge the system. In this  episode I’ll cover ways with and without animals to increase the  capacity of the system.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/021-supercharge-the-system

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#RealisticRegenAg Relay cover cropping is simply deciding what we want to grow on the land rather than letting nature decide for us. Join me on this episode where I explain why I am convinced this is the best way to make cover cropping work in short growing seasons. To end the episode I'll go through an example rotation to help you get started while using existing equipment and inexpensive seed.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/020-relay-seeding-cover-crops

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#RealisticRegenAg Sequestering carbon is not natural, it's there to be used. In this episode I'll cover what organic matter actually is, how it is useful to your soil in its proper place, and why it's hard to get it to stay in the soil.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/019-carbon-in-its-proper-place

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The soil particles can only produce a small amount of the nutrients that we export in a year. The legacy nutrients can prop you up for a little while, but eventually you need nutrients brought back into the system. The dust bowl of the 1930s showed that tillage was not a source of inexhaustible nutrients. In this episode I will be arguing that we will be seeing the same thing show up in the 2030s – Only this time we will not be seeing soil blowing, we will be seeing crops fail as the nutrient supplying power of the soil is once again depleted.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/018-three-pillars-propping-regen-ag

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Many times something appears to work initially, only to be proven wrong later. In this episode, I take a step back, and take the long view on soil development from a geological and an anthropological perspective.

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/017-the-long-view-on-regeneration

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Through use of the story of discovering footwear outside of the mainstream I will attempt to answer the question: What is Regenerative Agriculture?

Episode link: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast/016-what-is-regenerative-agriculture

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#RealisticRegenAg Join me as I look at what the realistic expectations are for regenerative nutrient management in the semi-arid brown soils of the Canadian Prairies. This bonus episode was originally presented to a group of farmers and ranchers in the southern area of Alberta, Canada on February 16, 2021.

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#RealisticRegenAg Join me as I look at what the realistic expectations are for carbon building in the semi-arid brown soils of the Canadian Prairies. This bonus episode was originally presented to a group of farmers and ranchers in the Medicine Hat area of Alberta, Canada on January 27, 2021.

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