Organic No-Till Soybean Production in Ontario - Farmer Profile: Brett Israel

Brett Israel of 3Gen Organics shares his experiences with roller crimping and cover crop-based organic no-till soybean production at his farm near Drayton, Ontario. Brett, his father, Jamie, and grandfather, Carl, have participated in trials evaluating organic no-till soybean production for two seasons (2019 and 2020).

For results from on-farm trials in Ontario, click here: https://fieldcropnews.com/2022/09/org....

Video shooting and editing by Alexandra Collingwood.

0:00 Introduction
0:19 TELL US ABOUT YOUR OPERATION
0:34 WHY ORGANIC NO-TILL?
1:03 HOW DOES THE SYSTEM WORK?
1:38 WHAT ADVANTAGES DO YOU HAVE?
2:13 HOW DOES THE RYE HELP WITH WEEDS?
3:24 HOW DID CRIMPING GO THIS YEAR?
4:19 CROP ROTATION
4:51 WHAT ARE THE DOWNSIDES?
6:13 ADVICE FOR TRYING THIS SYSTEM
7:09 CRIBIT SEEDS