On-Farm Trials Podcast with the PNW Farmers" Network

Host Carol McFarland returns to Holland-Boone Farms to speak with Moses Boone and student Oscar Rodriguez about the co-production of research around a field scale pH survey featuring the research and extension experiences for undergraduate students and the use of in-field pH meters and experimental design to capture pH variability across the field and within the soil profile and a discussion of low pH symptoms in lentils, nitrogen fertilizer contribution to low pH, and the benefits of the

On this bonus episode, we revisit our talks with Sheryl Hagen-Zakarison, Dusty Walsh, and Moses Boone to hear them share their stories from the field.

In this episode, host Carol McFarland talks with Moses Boone of Holland-Boone Farm outside of Palouse, Washington on experimenting to overcome no-till seeding spring crops into high residue and other barriers to full adoption of no-till practices, balancing soil health with production goals, why he isn’t currently growing cover crops, return on investment for experimentation, and what keeps farmers from experimenting today.

Join this conversation as Dusty shares his trials using a ‘new’ planter, and growing wheat, canola, and sunflowers, cover crops and cows, and flowers and kids outside of Colbert, WA.

On this episode, we visit Zakarison farms and chat with Sheryl Hagen-Zakarison about the farm that's been in her family for 4 generations! This episode includes her experience with their enterprise's recent and big transitions into thinking about their farm near Palouse, WA within an ecological framework, including No-Till adoption, reducing inputs, diversifying and intercropping crops, and their farm's alternative marketing strategies. She discusses partners in their experimentation as well as

Join this conversation in Genesse, ID as Eric describes the features of his new AgPro drill, increasing his ROI by reducing his inputs, his experiences growing and marketing sunflower, millet, cover crops and more as part of his wheat-based system. We also hear abouthow Shepherd’s Grain has enabled producers to account for their cost of production withidentity-preserved regional marketing.