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John Kempf

Cleveland, Earth
As seen in: Acres U.S.A., Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, Apple Podcasts, AgFunderNews, Growing Produce, Plough Quarterly Magazine, Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, No-Till Farmer, Clearwater Tribune, Strip-Till Farmer
Founder @AdvancingEcoAg | Regenerative Agriculture Podcast | Plant immunity through nutrition | Profitable Regen ag |
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GUEST VIEWPOINT: The Pros and Cons of ‘Deliberate Disturbance’

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By John Kempf
| No-Till Farmer Verified
The health and productivity of soils, livestock, plants, landscapes, ecology and people is guided and shaped by deliberate disturbance — deliberate in the sense that the choice to implement a specific disturbance is a considered, conscious and intentional one. A choice that gets made as a subconscious pattern of habit, indoctrination or dogma is not a deliberate choice. To be good stewards of the landscape, we need to make mindful choices of the disturbances we impose.
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Profitable Transition to No-till

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By James J. Hoorman, John Kempf
| Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net Verified
By James Hoorman, Hoorman Soil Health Services, adapted from an article by John Kempf Farmers and researchers often say it takes 3-5-7 years or longer to convert to No-till before the yields and profits are the same or return back to normal. When crop prices are low, that makes it harder to switch from conventional tillage to No-till crops. Soybeans and wheat are the easiest to convert, but for corn, the yield lag may be 10-20%, which makes the conversion unprofitable.
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Guest article: Technology is a regenerative ag tool, not a silver bullet, but we're trapped in the belief that it can solve all our problems

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By John Kempf
| AgFunderNews Verified
Editor’s note: John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, crop health consultant, and designer of innovative soil and plant management systems. He founded Advancing Eco Agriculture and is the executive editor of Acres U.S.A. magazine. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AgFunderNews. Western society is enamored with technology.
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