Soil Health Virtual Field Day Q&A: Cover Crops and Direct Seeded Beans with Todd Ballard

Todd Ballard is a local producer and pioneer of soil health in the Magic Valley. This is a video recording of a question and answer session with Todd, and is a follow-up to the video "Virtual Field Day: Cover Crops and Direct Seeded Beans with Todd Ballard."

Timeline of video topics:

0:10 Producer introduction
1:26 Field update (a couple weeks after planting)
3:30 Planting details (rate, spacing, variety)
4:15 Harvesting plans
5:51 Chemical usage
8:14 Comparison of adjacent fields: no-till and conventionally tilled
10:09 Soil health testing
10:47 Coulter cart for seed drilling
12:05 Planting depth and pre-irrigation
14:15 Cover crop drilling date
15:17 Soil testing: organic matter content, mycorrhizal fungi
16:40 Manure amendment
16:56 Experience trying a crimper for cover crop termination
17:53 Compare/contrast no-till bean crops with Lance Griff
20:48 Previous year bean harvest
22:25 Stump height at harvest
24:08 No-till planting into corrugates
25:48 Future no-till and cover crop projects
27:27 Upcoming soil health features for the Virtual Field Day series

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