Field Talk: Rick Clark’s 7,000 Acre Investment in Regenerative Ag

Farmers often get the advice that they should “start small” when it comes to conservation practices. But Indiana farmer Rick Clark of Clark Land and Cattle is proof that you can do regenerative ag at scale. He raises no-till soybeans, no-till corn, and has had great success planting cover crops on his 7,000 acre farm. What’s more, this is the first year that all his acres will be grown without chemicals as he transitions to organic.
In this special “Field Talks” video, Field Work host Mitchell Hora hangs with Rick to learn about his journey as a farmer. And he gets to take a field trip to see Rick’s “pride and joy", his roller crimper.
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  • @rjaquaponics9266
    @rjaquaponics92662 жыл бұрын

    Rick Clark is a hero thumbing his nose to big fuel, big synthetic chemical, big GMO and all others who believe a farm should be ran like a dictatorship! He plays nice with mother nature building soil not crushing on dirt and for that I applaud him! We need more farmers like him!

  • @zeusmacafee5097
    @zeusmacafee50974 жыл бұрын

    Regardless of my opinion on organic I have to respect a guy who manages to do it on 7,000 acres

  • @craigjones1939
    @craigjones19394 жыл бұрын

    Another great interview. Fascinating stuff! Thanks, Mitchell!

  • @mrmikeyd2
    @mrmikeyd24 жыл бұрын

    What an informative, intelligent video.......hope all is well for all farmers. Thanks for posting admire your work Mitchell

  • @don.timeless4993
    @don.timeless49933 жыл бұрын

    O Man I wish you all the best!

  • @arfarms5711
    @arfarms57114 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. I got started w cover crops 4 years ago and sadly it’s been so wet at harvest past two years and made it where we couldn’t get cover crops planted and have had to till all acres. Sucks, but hopefully this will be the year we get back on track. I’m in the southeast and we desperately need that ground cover to conserve moisture during our crazy hot summer. This year has started off great. Corn just got planted a few weeks ago, and should be been waist high by now, but again rain rain rain. Our produce looks amazing and honestly couldn’t ask for a better start on vegetables 🍅. We don’t farm but 800 acres, row crops and ab 50 acres of produce, but sadly the 50 acres of produce is what always makes a profit. All we’ve done is lose on soybeans past few years. Going to grow grain sorghum for first time this year. Got some new farms that’s been nothing but soybeans for past 20 years, I’m dead serious. Got to have a rotation and plan was corn, but no way I can plant that much corn w market as bad as it is. Praying the markets bounce back good. All of us farmers need a great year and I pray every one of you has a super blessed profitable year 🙏

  • @continuumag8789

    @continuumag8789

    4 жыл бұрын

    A&R Farms keep working on changing that up! What about downsizing away from some of the least profitable acres so you can focus on growing the profitable produce acres? - Mitchell

  • @randymcnamara8689
    @randymcnamara86894 жыл бұрын

    this interview needed to be at least an hour long!! hopefully we see more from Rick!! on off the husk maybe??

  • @mattcrowell7945

    @mattcrowell7945

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is a video on lance klessigs channel with this guy speaking at a seminar that is really good. He goes into great detail about there crop rotations and types of cover crops and how they manage them and how they effect yield and cost. I think video title is something like economics of regenerative agriculture ?

  • @marinusverwey4446
    @marinusverwey44463 жыл бұрын

    First time listener. Great topic, love the discussion. Thanks for the lead to these podcast from Millennium Farmer. 😎

  • @cherylstanley3823
    @cherylstanley38232 жыл бұрын

    I love "now your the weird farmer and that is what I want to be"

  • @RAHIWAadeyNayGdiniyu

    @RAHIWAadeyNayGdiniyu

    11 ай бұрын

    innovators are always weird!!!!

  • @GeigerFarm
    @GeigerFarm3 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Thank you for this.

  • @tonydeveyra4611
    @tonydeveyra46113 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic content thanks

  • @BigMicksLittlePlot
    @BigMicksLittlePlot2 жыл бұрын

    Id love to see where this awesome guys upto now since your inputs have near doubled!! Amazing guy amazing show thanks guys!!!

  • @RAHIWAadeyNayGdiniyu
    @RAHIWAadeyNayGdiniyu11 ай бұрын

    An awesome vid!!!!! Do you happen to know if they give out classes? Thank you

  • @kenschaus8190
    @kenschaus81904 жыл бұрын

    Planting at boot high in Rye Crimper goes over a few weeks after How tall and what stage are the soys at? Interesting 👍

  • @paulnehring2127

    @paulnehring2127

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rick spoke at a conference in Wisconsin this winter and here are my notes: • 100 lbs or more of cereal rye planted in the fall--need this much to get enough density to serve as mulch for weed control • Planted beans at boot stage of the rye at the end of April ○ Beans need a longer growing season than previously thought. So beans are planted before corn. ○ It is about 45 days until anthesis of the rye, when it is best to crimp them. Lignin is at it's highest point, so plant is most vulnerable to snap, and kill. Don't want the beans to be beyond V2 stage of growth when crimping the rye.

  • @PlanetSedge
    @PlanetSedge4 жыл бұрын

    OH YEAH! Keep up the EX work guys, you're inspiring.. Organic regenerative farming IS the way to go now, with ruthless herbicides/pesticides (like glyphosate) harming all life -- including humans! -- & damaging our immune systems.. THIS is the better way, to future health & prosperity🌲

  • @zeusmacafee5097

    @zeusmacafee5097

    4 жыл бұрын

    The fact that you think glyphosate is a pesticide tells me all I need to know

  • @adamtrost1509

    @adamtrost1509

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zeusmacafee5097 glyphosate is a pesticide which tells me everything I need to know.

  • @zeusmacafee5097

    @zeusmacafee5097

    3 жыл бұрын

    Adam Trost glyphosate is an herbicide, used to kill weeds, pesticides kill bugs. And if you think glyphosate harms everything well so does soap and bleach so should be stop using them?

  • @adamtrost1509

    @adamtrost1509

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zeusmacafee5097 Insecticides kill bugs. Pesticides is an all encompassing word that includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides. If you don't believe me just google it.

  • @concernedcitizensofst.jo-dx4tj
    @concernedcitizensofst.jo-dx4tj3 ай бұрын

    Can you fill me in a bit more how the diversity improves the PH? Give me some low level science on that. I am cover cropping my hunting farm food plots. Rotating spring and fall with different blends. Same theory as Ag but more for deer! I am down to almost zero herbicides, only 100# of fertilizer last year.