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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1711701" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>I'm like you Ken and I suspect a lot are. I practice some of what could be called regenerative agriculture but I don't label what I do. Seems to me that's mostly marketing and what Steve alludes to - there's more money in being a grazing guru and making YouTube videos than cattle farming. </p><p></p><p>I don't get fully on board with any of these systems/labels because often when you really dig into it they don't really work or can't be proven. An example - I attended an event a while ago with a pretty prominent Canadian guru and at one point he showed pictures of him seeding cover crops into a former Canola field with a broadcaster on the back of a truck, talking about how he doesn't need a tractor. Very impressive results he was getting too, no spray, no fertilizer. Except for the part where the field was black when he started because it was Canola last year. People tend to keep fertility up on crops that net over $20/bushel too. So I asked - that's great but what if you're starting with old sod in a pasture? He didn't answer the question. Why? Because he'd need spray or tillage to do that and that's not regenerative. </p><p></p><p>All that said a lot of modern Ag is basically mining in my opinion. There's a lot that we can do better and we don't have to buy everything we're being sold on either side. If I find a practice I think will work I adopt it and don't worry about what it's called. Maybe when I develop an entire system I'll write a book, give it a name and make some videos though, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1711701, member: 38101"] I'm like you Ken and I suspect a lot are. I practice some of what could be called regenerative agriculture but I don't label what I do. Seems to me that's mostly marketing and what Steve alludes to - there's more money in being a grazing guru and making YouTube videos than cattle farming. I don't get fully on board with any of these systems/labels because often when you really dig into it they don't really work or can't be proven. An example - I attended an event a while ago with a pretty prominent Canadian guru and at one point he showed pictures of him seeding cover crops into a former Canola field with a broadcaster on the back of a truck, talking about how he doesn't need a tractor. Very impressive results he was getting too, no spray, no fertilizer. Except for the part where the field was black when he started because it was Canola last year. People tend to keep fertility up on crops that net over $20/bushel too. So I asked - that's great but what if you're starting with old sod in a pasture? He didn't answer the question. Why? Because he'd need spray or tillage to do that and that's not regenerative. All that said a lot of modern Ag is basically mining in my opinion. There's a lot that we can do better and we don't have to buy everything we're being sold on either side. If I find a practice I think will work I adopt it and don't worry about what it's called. Maybe when I develop an entire system I'll write a book, give it a name and make some videos though, lol. [/QUOTE]
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