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Northeast, Nebraska | The problem with biologicals is that when they first came out, salesmen were just throwing it at our faces and saying it was the best thing ever. There are still salesmen today that do it. There are good products and bad products on the market. The key to biologicals is that it is never a one size fits all, even though most salesmen think that it is. With today's technology of DNA analyzing, it is easier to place products that are actually doing good. Cover crops are good, but if you are in a colder region, it can be a hassle to get it to benefit you. Also if you are in a dryer area, the cover crops can have a major negative effect if you can't get enough water on it. I have had that happen to me, even under limited irrigation. I'm working with products now that can give me the benefits of cover crops without having to do cover crops and actually the same price or cheaper than actually putting cover crops in. Using soil DNA testing to prove the results. Our soil testing DNA takes over 10 million data points for sample. My last field had a sample with over 18 million organic points taken. One thing I have learned is dry biologicals can have better efficacy than some liquid, but it depends on what is in it. I have a liquid product in my shop right now that is bubbling because it is alive. It all comes down to placement. I'm very selective with who I work with. My process is very in depth and takes communication with the grower to make sure the grower understands how, when and where to apply. I have shared some pictures on the forums on other comments and I have had a lot of people reaching out to me via email. I will not sell a product to a farmer that a farmer doesn't need. I am a farmer myself and the only reason I got into sales is because I am seeing the results myself on my own farm. I am a tillage farmer, and I used to have a lot of hard clods when I worked ground in the fall. Now when I do tillage, I don't have clods, just big rootballs. None of my products are in university trials as the people I work with are individuals whose life passion was to make their products and getting them into university trials is a pay to play game and they don't want any part of that. Some of these guys are retired professors. | |
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Are there any biological products which actually pay for themselves?
