Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

Dear livingonthelanders,

 

The high temperatures and high rainfall in the tropics burns off the organic matter.  It has a half-life of 10 days.  That is why organic matter should be left on top of the soil and that is true in the our climate.  200,000,000 acres of no-till now and growing fast worldwide.  Here in the Lubbock TX area one farmer has had no-till cotton for 25 years. Most farmers thinks he is nuts.  His banker hates it too as he nevers needs to borrow money like all the other farmers.

 

I asked the Dr. of Agronomy at TTU, who is over the TTU farm land, why they are not promoting no-till.   He emailed me that it does not work here on the South Plains.  I emailed him to please not tell that to the no-till farmers as they do not know it.

 

Ken Hargesheimer

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