Habitat Podcast #188 – Matt Zahl joins Jared for the “Oh Crap, hunting season is 2 months away” discussion. This is a BS Session with a good friend, and we have a good time talking hunting and habitat. We cover: Last Minute Habitat Work, New Deer Blinds, Tractor Grapple – Matt’s Favorite Implement, Apple Tree […]
Soil chemistry can be overwhelming and complicated. This does not dilute the importance of our need to understand as much of it as possible if we want to grasp what is happening in our fields. If you are following the blog posts, you see my weekly attempt to explain, in detail, the soil structure and
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Habitat Podcast #187 – Daniel Taylor is back for round #2! Dan was on last week on EP 186. As a die hard whitetail hunter and cash crop farmer, quality soil is near and dear to Dan’s heart. Soil health and nutrient efficiency concepts have really perked his interest in the last couple of years
One of my favorite things to do is pull soil samples and send them to Ward Labs for analysis. I have been blessed to manage the same farm for over a decade. The fields, and results – although improving – are far from surprising. This year was different, this year I got a chance to
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Habitat Podcast #186 – Jared Van Hees is joined by Daniel Taylor out of Michigan, but he recently moved back from Oklahoma. It is a bowhunting / hunting strategy episode. We also compare habitat between his 2 recent farm locations. Tune in next week for segment #2 on Fall Food Plots. We cover: Bowhunting Strategy,
This week Jared covers the habitat work he has been doing on his Northern MI 70 Acres. We also cover projects on his 15 acres too. Switchgrass Management Screening for Deer Vitalize Nitro Boost & Carbon Load Update Forestry Plan Visit with Consulting Forester Logging Update CARBON LOAD – FREE SHIPPING on Food Plot /
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Integrating Livestock – But we only have Deer One of the 6th principles of soil health revolves around integrating livestock. I’d argue this gets most often overlooked as most don’t have livestock to graze. What if we do have whitetails – can we make this work? Often it comes down to grazing pressure. Various studies
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Habitat Podcast #184 – Heath Hagy, a Waterfowl Biologist, joins Jared Van Hees and Brian Halbleib on a all things Waterfowl discussion. We like to cover many diverse habitat types here on Habitat Podcast and wetland habitat is one of them. We cover: Heath intro and background, Occupation, How he got into habitat work? Perfect Waterfowl
Al Tomechko & Jared Van Hees talk Fall food plots & soil health. We discuss listener questions & the Vitalize Seed Fall mix, called Carbon Load. CARBON LOAD – FREE SHIPPING on Food Plot / Soil Builder Diverse Seed Mixes – https://bit.ly/vitalizeseed Leave us a great review to get FREE DECAL or BEER KOOZIE here: https://apple.co/2uhoqOO
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Soil Health Friday One of the keys to understanding soils and nutrient cycling is understanding what gives structure to the soil. Often, we see CEC referenced on our soil sample results but the grower might be unsure of how to apply that information. We also might hear the words aggregates, base saturation, sandy, tight, clay,
