Imagine two farmers or ranchers from the same community meeting over breakfast at a local café. Over scrambled eggs and hash browns they compare notes on their farming operations. One is very efficient at harvesting solar energy and selling it at a profit. The other is not efficient at capturing solar energy and is slowly going broke. What is the difference? Both have access to the same amount of sunshine but with vastly different results.
After purchasing land or paying rent sunlight energy is free—no taxes, no patent infringement, and very dependable. And yet so many farmers and ranchers do not fully utilize this free gift. It is the job of the farmer to use biology, moisture, and geological resources to transform solar energy into a sellable product. This is how wealth is created. In other words the farmer sets up the environment that determines how much solar energy is captured…
So begins the article on harvesting solar energy. Read the complete article here: Newsletter
What are you thoughts about harvesting solar energy? Do you find the connection between the level and ratios of available soil nutrients to be linear with increased brix and animal production? How would you apply these principles to crops other than grass? I’d love to hear your story.
Jon Frank
Tags: Animal Performance, Available Minerals, Forage Quality, Solar Energy, Sustainable Profit
Jon: I’m confused about where to find your reply on my qustions. Namely can there be too much calcium stored in the soil biology , or other minerals as well? And yield history on the 4 soil samples
Hi Wendell,
I too am confused. I gather the point of the 4 samples is to show that P extraction varies a lot? What kind of variance are you getting upon retesting the same sample? Upon resampling and retesting? I have seen conductivity vary a lot from sample to sample….
Wiz (pen name)