Junior Pfanstiel was sitting on a pile of agricultural chemicals worth $160,000 on his farm near McLean, Nebraska.
Junior Pfanstiel converted this sprayer into a dedicated cover crop inter-seeder.
The Pfanstiel family makes the most of a challenging situation as they look for decent ears of Jimmy red corn in what’s left of the hail damaged corn plot.
Pfanstiel checks out different compost samples. His wife said something to the effect of, “you are nerdy.”
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An aerial drone captured this photo of rotationally grazing cattle. Also in the picture is the strip intercropping field. There is also a portion of a two-acre double crop corn experiment, where Pfanstiel tried to plant corn behind wheat to see if he could double crop.
A view of the strip intercrop hybrid population plot that Pfanstiel did in 2020. The front part of that photo is the corn and soybean intercrop plot situated along the highway.
Pfanstiel drills covers into covers with the goal to leave residue to capture more snow moisture and to harbor biology under that snow.
Kerry Hoffschnieder is a founder of the Lincoln, Nebraska-based GrazeMaster Group, who writes Hope Stories to show that caring for the soil and all natural resources is possible, profitable and benefits all life on earth. Reach her at kerry@grazemaster.com or visit grazemastergroup.com.
