Long Term Goals for Cover Crops #covercrop #pasturedpigs #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture

Developing longer term goals for our fields helps us determine what cover crops species to plant and how to manage them. That's why we are growing sorghum sudangrass cover crop mixes to improve soil health more rapidly on this part of the farm.

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[paoemantega]

I appreciate your honest and direct approach to your videos, your information is mighty interesting and I will be using this to farm pigs on poor soil later on. Thankyou for your efforts and bless you all at Dowdle Family Farms

[brycewiborg]

It is interesting that you are doing what we did 50 years ago. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[jenrich]

piggies look so cute pushing through the green crops with their little bums disappearing into the covercrop like Homer disappearing into the hedge😂 Awesome ❤❤❤

[penguinistas]

Thank you for sharing the information.

[az]

Plant trees. Go really long term. Look into rotating them through dropped fruit and nuts. Hog tree farm. Eliza greenman. Pawpaw, persimmon, acorns, mulberries, etc.

[certifiedhoarder]

Wheat in the winter and sorghum in summer appears to be the fastest improvement i have experienced. I do always pair wheat with crimson to help get rhyzobacter in the soil, but it seem wheat does 98% of the heavy lifting. It cuts so much softer after dense wheat. I think i will try some rye this year.

I just planted the 2nd crop on a customers deer plot this weekend.. it was stripped bare by a dozer and for years it stayed bald like a rock quarry. frost seeded to wheat in mid winter and got a patchy but decent stand, then had great sorghum this summer that i just disced in this weekend. but my what a huge difference. There was actual topsoil and it cut soft and now has a very thick mat to hold the moisture and shelter bacterial/fungal life. High expectations for the next stand.

The plot that ive been working 40 miles the other direction put up a very thick stand of 6-10ft sorghum this season after its first wheat cycle. Goats and pigs love the wheat as hay. No fertilizer, spray or problems. If we get lucky with rain, clover and winter pea do well in the mix but if its too dry the wheat will still make it.

[thelotus]

Thank you so much for your time to share and explain. your information about cover crops.
We have Kune Kune and it’s a learning curve

[JrdHess]

Possibly look into a three sister's style guild planting style. It works with pasture pigs, and builds everything at once.

[Bekdog]

Is there a difference between what you're growing and Johnson grass? Because we have Johnson grass here and it's a huge problem. Once it sets in it'll ruin a hay feild in just a couple of years

[revan]

I have to ask.
Where are you guys getting such information from? Local community, school, or here on youtube?

[mybetterhalf]

CAN THE SORGUM AND VETCH BE GROWN TOGETHER?

[macmcgee]

Fava beans is best for fixed nitrogen on a cover crop.

[DavidGarber-sg]

It takes 25 pounds of consumable grains to produce 1 pound of meat.