The Agronomists, Ep 127: Droning on seed and

fertilizer with Reuben Stone and Felix Weber

UAVs, or drones, have evolved past aerial imagery and are quickly becoming a useful tool in the early fly-on of seed into standing crops.

This is pretty new territory for many, so to unpack what to consider and how successful a drone can be as a seeder, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Reuben Stone of Valley Bio and Felix Weber of Ag Business & Crop Inc. on this week’s episode of The Agronomists.

Reuben Stone and Keith Burns talk about cereal rye in cover crops and rotations. Click on the image for the zoom recording and use this passcode to watch: J@ps75w%

You can also read about it in our Blog post! … coming soon.

Valley Bio Shop Talk 2023

Discussing the profit relationship between farmers and food processing. Along with the importance of building relationships between farmers and the downstream food processing value chain from marketing and generating profit from alternative/regenerative cropping practices. Our guest speakers are locals who have been specifically selected for their passion in this work, with each one having an important role in the storyline of ‘seed to consumer’. The line up includes Chris’s Moore plus Dean Bowes of Mississippi Mills Malting Co., Max Meighen of Avling Kitchen & Brewery, and our own Reuben Stone of Valley Bio, with Beth Hunter of FoodBridge as moderator.

Documentaries

worth watching!

“Living Soil captures the background of the current soil health movement and its momentum, beginning with painful images of the Dust Bowl, and then transitions to personal experiences of innovative women and men who are managing their land to enhance soil health. The film features rural and urban farmers from Maryland to California, selling everything from corn to bouquets, united by their care for the soil.”

LIVING SOIL

KISS THE GROUND

”Kiss the Ground, narrated by Woody Harrelson, is a full-length documentary shedding light on a “new, old approach” to farming called regenerative agriculture, a practice with the extraordinary ability to balance our climate and feed the world.”

Farmers Footprint

“An award-winning documentary revealing the health impact due to chemical farming and the solution of regenerative agriculture featuring Zach Bush MD & the Breitkreutz family.”