I spent the weekend with a friend of mine Bart Ruth from Rising City, Nebraska. After two and a half weeks and 4,000 miles of traveling through the mid west it was great to spend time with Bart and his family looking around his farm and generally relaxing.
Bart runs a great operation with his son Geof, growing soy bean and corn, no till with most under centre pivot irrigation. But the most interesting part is that a large amount of the water comes from a dairy next door. They need to get rid of the water and it's loaded with nitrogen, phosphors and potassium, a win win for every one. The dairy has about 6000 head and they cut corn silage on Barts place for the feed. A model example of nutrient recycling.
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