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How Conservation Saved a Cotton Farmer
FromField Work
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Length:
81 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Field Work hosts Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson talk to cotton farmer Adam Chappell about cotton and sharecropping. Chappell nearly lost his farm 10 years ago to a triple whammy of drought, pigweed and a customer who didn’t pay. He fought his way back to profitability by adopting regenerative practices. Now he uses much less seed, fertilizer, herbicide and irrigation than he used to. He has integrated livestock and figured out what cover crops work best for corn and soybeans, as well as cotton. Now he’s looking into chicken tractors, sheep and downsizing his acreage because his margin is so much better.
Read more: Changes Chappell made on his farm
Read more: Changes Chappell made on his farm
Released:
May 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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