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I am by no way an expert in grainhandling technique. But at least in germany there is a huge amount of knowledge around organic farms how to handle thinks like these. Maybe you should try to get hold at some of these guys in your area. At least I would try to give away some sample`s of your...

Hello Soren. Yep that`s a really good one! I did my bachelorthesis about how to produce more humus out of wheatstraw. Mine was a little bit more from the point of view of organic-chemistry and processes but in the end it comes down to the same I think. It`s possible to increase the...

... yep you`re definately rigth ! What are your special thougths about this? What are you doing to lessen these effects on your farm ?

Hello Simon, good question about the amount. Really, I have no Idea! Let`s talk about it hypothetical: lets aim an C:N-Ratio for fertilization of 5 to 1 . So for an application of 100 Units of N this would mean 500 pounds of Carbon. As for most organic compounds with 50% content of C in dry...

Hey Mike. I like your point of view and am absolutely with you. The main purpose for me for doing organics is marketing and prices. Anyway my attitude it is to work as close with naturelike systems in farming as I get it. This is just because of distrust of globalization and government. You...

Hello, well this gets quite philosophycal as Mike talks about it. Mike I have no problem with slow straw-digestion. The question is what kind of digestion do we get ( at least from my point of view). As this thread starts, the theory is described as that by the beginning of the decomposition of...

Rigth! When you`re straw starts to have the rigth make up you will start to see actinomycetes working it down. If you observe closely you will see that they tend to structure packages of straw , they grow porespaces between it. Actinomycetes content a good part of aminoacids, so good nutrition...

Hello all to you... Long time ago for my last post on this site... It´s a busy time but a nice sunday to work on theory`s. I quite like the points you are discusing about but I think you all together are missing a big point. What most of our agriculture soils are missing is mycorhiza infections...