Green Cover Podcast
- Episodes
- 47
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- every two weeks
- Latest episode
- Nov 5, 2026
About the podcast
Welcome to the Green Cover podcast, where we have really interesting conversations with some of the top regenerative farmers and experts. Join our host Green Cover co-founder and co-owner Keith Berns and our guests as they discuss how we can help people regenerate God’s Creation for future generations.
Episodes 47
Episode #47: Entrepreneurship and Regenerative Ag With Acres USA Owner Taylor Henry
Taylor Henry bought Acres USA in late 2023 and has rebuilt the 55-year-old publication and its Eco-Ag Conference, all while running cattle, pigs and chickens on his farm in Wisconsin's Driftless region. Keith …
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Taylor Henry bought Acres USA in late 2023 and has rebuilt the 55-year-old publication and its Eco-Ag Conference, all while running cattle, pigs and chickens on his farm in Wisconsin's Driftless region. Keith Berns and Taylor talk about how Taylor's habit of learning fast and his entrepreneurial background helped him get into regenerative ag and business ownership. They also discuss how regenerative principles and good hunting land management work together to guide how we care for the land.
Join us at the 51st Eco-Ag Conference, December 1–4 in Coralville, Iowa: https://conference.eco-ag.com/
Episode #46: No-risk Ranching: Grazing on Leased Land with Greg Judy
In 1999, Greg Judy was deep in debt and close to losing the family farm. Then he started leasing idle land and custom grazing other people’s cattle, and within three years he paid off his house and farm. Today …
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In 1999, Greg Judy was deep in debt and close to losing the family farm. Then he started leasing idle land and custom grazing other people’s cattle, and within three years he paid off his house and farm. Today, his livestock have bought seven farms, and Greg trains the next generation of graziers through his year-long internship program. Keith Berns and Greg talk about building relationships with landowners, running sheep and cattle together on one hot wire, using cover crops as a step toward perennial pasture, and marketing direct to customers who want to see you succeed.Hear Greg in person as keynote speaker at the Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference, December 3–4 in Iola, Kansas. Register here: https://greencover.com/pages/events/southeast-kansas-soil-health-conference
Episode #45: A Space Shuttle Engineer's Biological Approach to Growing Grapes with Patrick Kavanaugh
Patrick Cavanaugh spent 13 years as an engineer on the space shuttle program, and today he leads soil and vine health at Union Grove Farm in North Carolina. Keith Berns and Patrick talk about how Union Grove is …
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Patrick Cavanaugh spent 13 years as an engineer on the space shuttle program, and today he leads soil and vine health at Union Grove Farm in North Carolina. Keith Berns and Patrick talk about how Union Grove is rebuilding degraded farm ground with vermicompost extracts, cover crops, and rotationally grazed sheep, and how Patrick measures whether the soil is getting better. The ideas apply to any farm, not just vineyards. Join us at Union Grove for the Regenerative Nexus, November 10–12, and sign up here: https://greencover.com/pages/events/r...
Episode #44: Juggling Almonds, Olives, Sheep and 8,000 hens with Benina Montes
Along with her family, Benina Montes of Burroughs Family Farms runs the world's first regenerative organic certified almond orchard, producing walnuts, olives, year-round sheep, and 8,000 laying hens in …
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Along with her family, Benina Montes of Burroughs Family Farms runs the world's first regenerative organic certified almond orchard, producing walnuts, olives, year-round sheep, and 8,000 laying hens in California's Central Valley. She and Keith talk about how a catch frame harvester lets her keep the orchard floor covered, how cover crops and grazing cut her water use by about 30%, and how she markets her almonds, almond butter, and eggs directly instead of selling into the commodity market. In honor of the International Year of the Woman Farmer, Benina also shares what she's learned about working across generations and raising kids who might one day come back to the farm. Check out her products at https://burroughsfamilyfarms.com/ and visit https://greencover.com/ to build a cover crop mix for your own orchard or pasture.
Episode #43: How Plants and Microbes Work Together in Harsh Environments with Kevin Elmy
Kevin Elmy joins the podcast to share how he turned a sandy, worn-out quarter section in Saskatchewan into 26+ inches of rich topsoil, using winter cereals, cover crops, and livestock instead of synthetic …
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Kevin Elmy joins the podcast to share how he turned a sandy, worn-out quarter section in Saskatchewan into 26+ inches of rich topsoil, using winter cereals, cover crops, and livestock instead of synthetic inputs. He digs into practical wins any farmer can try this fall — interseeding winter triticale with durum, letting cover crops do their job early instead of chasing a big biomass at season's end, and reading soil biology signals (like weeds and blackberry brush) instead of reaching for another chemical fix. Kevin also explains why deeper, healthier root zones make "mining the soil" a myth, and why nature works in teams, not silver bullets. He closes with simple advice for anyone starting out: find a mentor group, commit to one field for three to five years, and always keep something green and growing.You can find Kevin's book on Cover Cropping in Western Canada here: https://www.amazon.com/Cover-Cropping-Western-Canada-Kevin-ebook/dp/B08K9BXXZ4?ref_=ast_author_dp&th=1&psc=1Green Cover's book on the basics of cover crops: https://greencover.com/pages/books-and-courses
Episode #42: Applying the Soil Health Principles Across Various Landscapes
Podcast host Keith Berns sits down with his brother and Green Cover co-founder, Brian Berns, Green Cover sales rep Zach Louk and Green Cover's Contract Seed Production Manager, Scott Ravenkamp to describe how …
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Podcast host Keith Berns sits down with his brother and Green Cover co-founder, Brian Berns, Green Cover sales rep Zach Louk and Green Cover's Contract Seed Production Manager, Scott Ravenkamp to describe how each of the six Soil Health Principles is applied on each of their vastly different operations.
Episode #41: The Fertility Hiding in Your Crop Residue — And How to Unlock It with David Olson
A single Nebraska field trial revealed that fall-applied biology can fix nitrogen straight out of the air and unlock phosphorus already locked in the soil — turning $30 worth of product into over $450 in …
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A single Nebraska field trial revealed that fall-applied biology can fix nitrogen straight out of the air and unlock phosphorus already locked in the soil — turning $30 worth of product into over $450 in nutrient value. Keith Berns sits down with David Olson of Sustainable Growing Solutions to break down the science behind the Decomposer and HyprCycle+ program, from how saprophytic fungi break down lignin and cellulose to why fall is the best window all year to build a fungal population in your soil. If you're tired of paying for fertility your residue could be generating for free, this episode walks through the data.
Learn more about the Decomposer product: https://greencover.com/products/metagrow%E2%84%A2-d-comp?_pos=1&_sid=7f44692af&_ss=r
Learn more about HyprCycle+: https://greencover.com/products/hyprcycle
Episode #40: Cutting the Nitrogen Bill with Legumes and Microbes
Nitrogen fertilizer costs U.S. farmers $5 billion a year — but a good chunk of it is sitting in the atmosphere for free. Zach Lauck joins Keith to break down which legumes actually pull their weight (hairy …
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Nitrogen fertilizer costs U.S. farmers $5 billion a year — but a good chunk of it is sitting in the atmosphere for free. Zach Lauck joins Keith to break down which legumes actually pull their weight (hairy vetch, winter peas, clovers), why timing and planting depth make or break them, and how new inoculants and free-living microbes can fix nitrogen even without a legume in the mix. If you're looking to cut input costs without cutting corners, this one's for you.
Episode #39: Why You Should Be Running On-Farm Test Plots
Green Cover's Nathan Choat joins Keith to explain why the company runs hundreds of test plots every year — and why every farmer should be running small trials on their own ground, too. They dig into corn and …
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Green Cover's Nathan Choat joins Keith to explain why the company runs hundreds of test plots every year — and why every farmer should be running small trials on their own ground, too. They dig into corn and soybean interseeding, nutrient cycling data, and why what works at someone else's field day might not work on your farm. Green Cover's summer field days are August 4th and 5th in Bladen, Nebraska — sign up free: https://greencover.com/pages/events/green-cover-summer-field-day-1
Episode #38: The Forages Behind Steakhouse-Quality, Medicinal Beef with Karl Palmberg
In this episode of the Green Cover Podcast, host Keith Berns talks with Karl Palmberg, a former F-16 pilot turned grass-fed beef producer in Larchwood, Iowa, about building a regenerative cattle operation from …
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In this episode of the Green Cover Podcast, host Keith Berns talks with Karl Palmberg, a former F-16 pilot turned grass-fed beef producer in Larchwood, Iowa, about building a regenerative cattle operation from the ground up. Karl breaks down how he uses cover crops, baleage, and even carefully-timed corn silage to hit a 1:1 omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in his beef (versus roughly 10:1 for typical feedlot beef), along with his approach to genetics, herd size, and direct-to-consumer marketing. He also shares hands-on experience with virtual fencing including trialing collars from two different companies and the time saved from implementing the collars.You can purchase beef directly from Karl and his family through their website: https://sunlightandrain.com/Learn more about nutrient density from Dr. Stephan van Vliet: https://stephanvanvliet.com/nutrient-...Check out Green Cover's SmartMix Calculator to design custom cover crop mixes: https://smartmix.greencoverseed.com/Speak with a Green Cover sales representative at 402-469-6784.
Episode #37: 45Z Explained: How Farmers Can Get Paid for Soil Health Practices with Mitchell Hora
After nearly four years of delays, the USDA has finalized guidance for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, and it's opening up real financial opportunities for corn and soybean farmers. Mitchell Hora …
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After nearly four years of delays, the USDA has finalized guidance for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, and it's opening up real financial opportunities for corn and soybean farmers. Mitchell Hora, seventh-generation Iowa farmer and founder of Continuum Ag, breaks down how a farm's Carbon Intensity (CI) score works and how lowering it through cover crops, no-till, and better nitrogen management can add up to premiums of 10-50 cents per bushel on corn. We cover what documentation you need, how the audit process actually works, and why farmers who already delivered 2025 crop into the biofuel supply chain need to act now. Mitchell also shares how to calculate your farm's CI score for free at https://topsoil.ag/, so you can find out if this program is worth pursuing on your own operation. As Mitchell notes, the program is still in its early stages, with real uncertainties around exactly how much ethanol plants will share with farmers, whether nearby plants will participate at all and other risks but overall the program opens up new opportunity that could radically increase adoption of soil health practices across the US.
Episode #36: Dale Strickler on Making Every Growing Degree Day Count
Wheat harvest isn't the end of your growing season, it's the start of a new opportunity. In this episode, Keith sits down with longtime cover crop expert Dale Strickler to talk through what to plant after wheat …
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Wheat harvest isn't the end of your growing season, it's the start of a new opportunity. In this episode, Keith sits down with longtime cover crop expert Dale Strickler to talk through what to plant after wheat comes off, and how to turn those acres into high quality forage and free nitrogen for next year's crop. Dale breaks down the best species for summer grazing versus winter stockpile, how to fix the maximum amount of nitrogen, and how to time planting after harvest for maximum weed suppression. Ready to build your own mix? Try our SmartMix Calculator at https://smartmix.greencoverseed.com/ or contact our team to talk through your options. 402-469-6784Learn more and work with Dale Strickler: https://www.regenerativewisdom.com/
Episode #35: Perennial Genetics for Better Animal Performance with Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas has spent 30-plus years in the grass seed industry, and today he ranches south of Enid, Oklahoma with his wife Annette — raising 100% grass-fed beef on a system built around diverse annual and …
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Mark Thomas has spent 30-plus years in the grass seed industry, and today he ranches south of Enid, Oklahoma with his wife Annette — raising 100% grass-fed beef on a system built around diverse annual and perennial forages. In this conversation, Keith and Mark dig into some of the most practical questions in regenerative grazing: How do you integrate perennials with annuals? When does it make sense to convert crop ground to grass? And what's actually happening in the rumen when cattle graze a diverse mix versus a monoculture?
Episode #34: Why Weed-free Horse Pastures Might be Hurting Equine Health with Allison Lepanto
Allison Lepanto of Aterak Nutrition started out wanting to improve the quality of horse feed. But after seeing the prevalence of metabolic issues in younger and younger horses, surviving her own herbicide …
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Allison Lepanto of Aterak Nutrition started out wanting to improve the quality of horse feed. But after seeing the prevalence of metabolic issues in younger and younger horses, surviving her own herbicide health crisis, and stepping onto farm after farm with dead soil and overflowing supplement shelves, she started connecting the dots. Pasture quality and the practices land owners are implementing is directly impacting their horses' quality of life.In this episode, Allison and Keith dig into how degraded and chemical laden pastures make horses sick, what regenerative grazing actually looks like in a horse operation, and what a two to three year soil restoration plan looks like from the ground up. It's a conversation that draws as many parallels to human health as it does to horses, and it's a good reminder that you can't supplement life back into a broken living system.Check out Allison's website to learn more: https://ateraknutrition.com/
Episode #33: A Deep Dive into Warm Season Cover Crops with Zach Louk
Green Cover sales representative and seed buyer Zach Louk joins Keith for an in-depth conversation on warm season cover crop species. The conversation covers legumes, brassicas, broadleaves and grasses with a …
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Green Cover sales representative and seed buyer Zach Louk joins Keith for an in-depth conversation on warm season cover crop species. The conversation covers legumes, brassicas, broadleaves and grasses with a specific focus on sorghum-sudan grass traits and characteristics. This episode will give you a greater understanding of which cover crop species are best fit for your goals this summer growing season.Got questions? We're hosting a live Ask Me Anything webinar on this exact topic on Wednesday, May 27th at 12:00pm CST. Be sure to register to have your questions answered live: https://zurl.co/2E796Or, check out the recording of the webinar on our YouTube channel later on.
Episode #32: What 45 Years in the Field Taught Jay Fuhrer About Rebuilding Soils
Jay Fuhrer spent more than 45 years as a soil health specialist with NRCS watching farming systems break down soils — and then helping farmers rebuild them. Now leading the Mennoken Farm just east of Bismarck …
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Jay Fuhrer spent more than 45 years as a soil health specialist with NRCS watching farming systems break down soils — and then helping farmers rebuild them. Now leading the Mennoken Farm just east of Bismarck, North Dakota, Jay shares what decades of boots-on-the-ground monitoring taught him about diverse plant communities, liquid carbon, biological energy, and why the soil carbon needle that nobody believed could move actually did.Jay will be bringing this same knowledge and passion to Green Cover's Nexus in the Field event June 3rd and 4th in Bladen, Nebraska. It's a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the most experienced soil health minds in the country, right out in the field. Learn more and register at greencover.com/pages/events/nexus-in-the-field.
Episode #31: Building a Drought Resilient Grazing Operation Using Perennials and Cover Crops with Kevin Wiltse
Kevin Wiltse is a fifth-generation Kansas farmer who has spent over a decade transitioning from cash cropping to perennial pasture and grazing cover crops for more profitable grazing. Five years into one of the …
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Kevin Wiltse is a fifth-generation Kansas farmer who has spent over a decade transitioning from cash cropping to perennial pasture and grazing cover crops for more profitable grazing. Five years into one of the worst droughts in recent memory, his cattle herd is bigger than it's ever been. In this episode, Keith sits down with Kevin to talk through his shift to a forage-based, perennial-centered operation, including how he cut inputs, built grazing infrastructure, and kept his herd intact through drought years that would have broken most operations. Kevin also shares the enterprise economics behind his decision-making, what winning the 2025 Leopold Conservation Award in Kansas means to him, and why he believes this kind of change has to come from within before it can show up on the balance sheet.
Episode #30: The New American Dream with Rylan Engelhart and Kelly Ryerson
Kelly Ryerson and Ryland Englehart co-founded American Regeneration to close the gap between what the best regenerative farmers know and what policymakers have never heard. In this episode, they share their …
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Kelly Ryerson and Ryland Englehart co-founded American Regeneration to close the gap between what the best regenerative farmers know and what policymakers have never heard. In this episode, they share their unlikely journeys — from fighting pesticides and running vegan restaurants — to becoming two of regenerative agriculture's most passionate advocates. They dig into their work connecting soil health, human health, and policy at both the state and federal level. They also preview their upcoming New American Dream Conference in Bandera, Texas, where farmers, doctors, homesteaders, and policymakers will gather around a shared vision of healing the land and the people on it. If you believe a nation that rebuilds its soil rebuilds itself, this conversation is for you.Learn more about the American Regeneration Conference on May 1-2, 2026: https://events.acresusa.com/american-regeneration
Episode #29: The Art of Following Nature’s Design at Alderspring Ranch
Glenn and Carol Elzinga of Alder Spring Ranch were losing cattle to wolves, losing money, and ready to walk away from everything — until they discovered that the answer wasn't new technology or better systems …
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Glenn and Carol Elzinga of Alder Spring Ranch were losing cattle to wolves, losing money, and ready to walk away from everything — until they discovered that the answer wasn't new technology or better systems, but going back to the way God designed animals and land to work together. By stopping fighting creation and starting to work with it, they watched their soil organic matter triple, plant diversity explode from just two dominant species to over 80, and beavers come back to restore their waterways. In this episode, Glenn dives deep into the relationship between grazing animals, living roots, and soil biology — and how understanding that connection transformed not just their land, but the quality and flavor of the beef it produces. If you believe the land can do better tomorrow than it does today, this conversation is for you.
Episode #28 Wide Rows, Deep Roots: Greg Thoren's Regenerative Vision
In this episode, Keith welcomes back Greg Thoren, a regenerative farmer from northwest Illinois, for a highly anticipated follow-up conversation. Greg farms approximately 2,400 acres that are all no-till …
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In this episode, Keith welcomes back Greg Thoren, a regenerative farmer from northwest Illinois, for a highly anticipated follow-up conversation. Greg farms approximately 2,400 acres that are all no-till, non-GMO, and cover cropped. This time around, Keith and Greg discuss Greg's 60-inch row corn system, sharing why the wider row spacing has been a game-changer. Greg has found that 60 inch spacing work better for capturing the sunlight necessary to produce enough forage value to offset the yield tradeoff. Greg also discusses his custom cover crop and forage mixes, and using virtual fence collars with his cattle. Finally, the conversation turns to the future. Greg and his wife have spent decades building a thriving regenerative system on land they're unwilling to watch revert to conventional farming. So rather than selling or renting to the highest bidder, Greg is charting a unique path for transition: bringing in three young families with regenerative mindsets to farm the operation together. Greg's innovative approach extends not only to day-to-day operations on his farm, but to securing its future. It's not just regenerative farming, it's regenerative community building.
Episode #27: Healing Watersheds One Farm at a Time with Abe Collins
In this episode of the Green Cover Podcast, host Keith Berns welcomes Abe Collins of Vermont, an innovative farmer and systems thinker who has spent decades developing tools and practices to rapidly heal …
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In this episode of the Green Cover Podcast, host Keith Berns welcomes Abe Collins of Vermont, an innovative farmer and systems thinker who has spent decades developing tools and practices to rapidly heal degraded land. Abe shares how combining deep rooted plant diversity, custom rip sower technology, and biological inputs can dramatically improve soil health, water infiltration, and drought resilience. The conversation then expands into Abe's compelling vision of "watershed contracting," where farmer cooperatives organize to heal entire watersheds in service to their communities, moving agriculture beyond commodity pricing into a transparent, cost plus model that benefits everyone. If you're passionate about the future of regenerative agriculture and building resilient communities from the ground up, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
Episode #26: Interseeding Cover Crops into Soybeans with Alex Frasier
In this episode, Keith sits down with Alex Frazier, a fourth-generation farmer and agronomist from South Dakota, who has been interseeding cover crops into his soybeans for six years. Alex shares how planting a …
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In this episode, Keith sits down with Alex Frazier, a fourth-generation farmer and agronomist from South Dakota, who has been interseeding cover crops into his soybeans for six years. Alex shares how planting a simple mix of oats, rye, and flax alongside his beans — then terminating it six to eight weeks later — has helped him boost his farm's soybean average from 39 to 52 bushels per acre while reducing phosphorus inputs by 75% and nitrogen by 40%. They dig into the specifics of mix design, spray timing, weed suppression, nutrient cycling, and the surprising soil test that showed higher organic carbon after interseeded beans than after 200-bushel corn. Whether you're looking to build biology in a corn-and-bean rotation or just want a low-cost, low-risk way to start experimenting with regenerative practices, this conversation is packed with practical takeaways. Tune in and learn how a $13–15/acre companion crop investment can pay dividends for your soil and your bottom line.
Episode #25: Why Healthy Soils Don't Blow in the Wind with David Kleinschmidt
In this episode, consultant and Illinois farmer David Kleinschmidt discusses the tragic 2023 dust storm on Interstate 55 that claimed seven lives, exploring how it reveals a deeper crisis in soil health. David …
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In this episode, consultant and Illinois farmer David Kleinschmidt discusses the tragic 2023 dust storm on Interstate 55 that claimed seven lives, exploring how it reveals a deeper crisis in soil health. David shares his journey from ag retail to soil health consulting, emphasizing that erosion is fundamentally a biological problem, not just a mechanical one. He offers practical advice on getting started with cover crops, understanding carbon-to-nitrogen ratios, and managing soil aggregation to prevent both wind and water erosion. David also discusses the importance of balancing conservation practices with farm profitability, the future of diverse crop rotations, and why every farmer should read "The Soil Owner's Manual." Whether you're just starting your regenerative agriculture journey or looking to refine your practices, this conversation provides valuable insights on building healthier, more resilient soils.
Episode #24: How Jay Young Eliminated Phosphorus and Still Grows 100 Bushel Corn
Jay Young farms in southwest Kansas, one of the harshest environments to prove regenerative agriculture works. With just 14 to 16 inches of annual rainfall, high winds, and a conventional farming culture, Jay …
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Jay Young farms in southwest Kansas, one of the harshest environments to prove regenerative agriculture works. With just 14 to 16 inches of annual rainfall, high winds, and a conventional farming culture, Jay has built a system around grazing cattle on cover crops, eliminated phosphorus for five years, cut nitrogen rates in half, and still produces 100+ bushel corn and milo. In this conversation, Jay breaks down his journey from reluctant farmer to passionate soil health advocate, explains how Johnson Sue compost transformed his operation, and shares practical strategies for making regenerative work in dry climates, from winter grazing systems to ultra low population corn. We also discuss his use of Halter GPS collars for cattle management and how shifting from a success or failure mindset to one of stewardship changed everything about how he farms.Learn more from Jay: / @jyoungregenag Learn how Jay is utilizing Johnson Su to reduce inputs: • Johnson Su Compost: Improving Soil Health ... Talk with the Green Cover team about which cover crop mix is best for your soil health goals: https://greencover.com/get-in-touch/Explore the podcast
Episode #23: Growing Giant Pumpkins & Boosting Crop Yields with Regen Agronomist Joe Ailts
Joe Ailts is a regenerative agronomist from Wisconsin with an unusual hobby: growing giant pumpkins. In this conversation, Joe breaks down the biological processes he uses to push pumpkins to extreme sizes …
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Joe Ailts is a regenerative agronomist from Wisconsin with an unusual hobby: growing giant pumpkins. In this conversation, Joe breaks down the biological processes he uses to push pumpkins to extreme sizes, from mycorrhizal fungi networks to optimizing plant efficiency at every stage.What makes this interesting is how much of it translates directly to row crop farming. The same principles Joe uses to grow a 2,000 pound pumpkin (building soil biology, managing nutrients strategically, timing cover crops) apply to boosting yields on any farm. We talk about his approach to early maturing soybeans, nutrient management in corn, and why soil health isn't just a buzzword but the foundation of everything that happens aboveground.Get in touch with Joe: https://ailtsagronomy.com/index.php/c...Talk with the Green Cover team about which cover crop mix is best for your soil health goals: https://greencover.com/get-in-touch/
Episode #22: Regenerative Farming in Japan with Raymond Epp
Raymond Epp is an American who grew up in a conventional farming family in Nebraska. His curiosity led him to Canada as a young man, where he pursued an education in Biblical Studies. There, he met his wife …
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Raymond Epp is an American who grew up in a conventional farming family in Nebraska. His curiosity led him to Canada as a young man, where he pursued an education in Biblical Studies. There, he met his wife, who eventually brought him to Japan. In Japan, Raymond started a farm and became a significant figure in the country's adoption of regenerative agriculture. He shares his journey, including the challenges and successes he has faced, his work with local farmers, his collaborations with the Japanese government and researchers, and his continued efforts in educating and coaching others in sustainable farming practices.Learn more about Raymond's farm here: https://www.mennonitemission.net/part...
Episode #21: Working and Growing in the Family Business - Thanksgiving Special
In this special Thanksgiving edition of the Green Cover Podcast, Keith brings on his son and Green Cover Sales Manager, Jakin Berns, and nephew and Operations Manager, Travis Berns to have a conversation about …
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In this special Thanksgiving edition of the Green Cover Podcast, Keith brings on his son and Green Cover Sales Manager, Jakin Berns, and nephew and Operations Manager, Travis Berns to have a conversation about their experiences of working and growing within the family business. The three share about the importance of family values, stewardship, and how these values are shared and overlap with our customers who share and recognize the value of living regeneratively. Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Green Cover!
Episode #20: Freedom Farming and the Regenerative Nexus Summits with Ray Archuleta
On this episode of the Green Cover podcast host Keith Berns invites Ray Archuleta on to discuss the importance of collaborative learning for regenerative agriculture producers. They highlight the challenges …
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On this episode of the Green Cover podcast host Keith Berns invites Ray Archuleta on to discuss the importance of collaborative learning for regenerative agriculture producers. They highlight the challenges farmers face in the current agricultural economy and emphasize the importance of mimicking natural systems to improve soil health. Ray discusses his journey in regenerative ag, reflecting on his epiphany about working with nature rather than relying on chemical inputs. The conversation covers the value of community, on-farm research, and the educational opportunities provided by events like the Regenerative Nexus Summits. They encourage farmers to engage in small-scale experiments, share their findings, and learn from each other to reduce dependence on costly inputs and achieve greater resilience and profitability on their farms.Think you'd be a good fit to attend a Regenerative Nexus Summit? Email [email protected] to inquire more.
Episode #19: The Fascinating World of Soil Microbiology with David Olson
In this episode, Keith Berns hosts David Olson from Sustainable Growing Solutions to discuss the integration and benefits of biological products in regenerative agriculture. David shares his background, the …
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In this episode, Keith Berns hosts David Olson from Sustainable Growing Solutions to discuss the integration and benefits of biological products in regenerative agriculture. David shares his background, the development of his company's biological treatments, and the emphasis on microbial diversity in achieving soil health and crop resilience. They delve into how biologicals enhance soil biology, boost crop yield and health, and even fix atmospheric nitrogen in dead crop residues. They also talk about their joint venture, Ark Biome, aimed at manufacturing these biological products in Nebraska, making them more accessible to farmers in the Midwest. The conversation ends with practical advice for farmers new to biological products, emphasizing the importance of microbial diversity and having clear objectives.
Episode #18: Exploring Soil Health and Nutrient Density with Jill Clapperton
Dr. Jill Clapperton is a globally recognized soil ecologist known for her captivating ability to blend scientific insight with practical solutions.We are thrilled to have Dr. Jill as our keynote speaking at our …
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Dr. Jill Clapperton is a globally recognized soil ecologist known for her captivating ability to blend scientific insight with practical solutions.We are thrilled to have Dr. Jill as our keynote speaking at our Southeast Kansas Soil Health Conference on December 10th and 11th in Iola, Kansas!You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from Dr. Clapperton and the other farmers who will take the stage at this event.Register for the event: https://greencover.com/event/southeas...Access free resources from Jill Clapperton: https://www.rhizoterra.com/
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