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Laurent (Woody) Van Arkel
Dresden Ontario
Corn soybeans wheat
Sugarbeets
Hog finishing barn@Woody_VA
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Van Arkel Farms Ltd
Principals I farm by:
Do as little soil disturbance as possible
Keep living roots growing at all times
Reduce to a minimum nutrient runoff
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Reduced Soil Disturbance
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No till Beans and wheat
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Living root system(covercrops)
• After manure
• Between the strips
• In the fall after harvest
• Interseeded into corn
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After manure
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Legumes
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Cover crop fed manure
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In Between the strips
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The size sugar beet seed
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van arkel piling yard district company
Sugar Beet tons/acre
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In the fall after harvest
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Planting green comes with some risk
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Interseeding into corn
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intersee
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The Future
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Goals for the future
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Work together as an industry
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Going home to farm
• Start slowly
• Start small ( 5 acre plots )
• Develop your own plan
• Talk to others
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Midwest Cover Crop Council
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Do what you believe right
Don’t worry about what others think
Find your own way
Think about the greater community
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We do not inherit the soil from our fathers… We borrow it from our children
Photo by Alex Clevers