We market Chandler crop and livestock products that enhance biological performance and improve yields. We also operate a soil health lab.
Erie, IL
Joined February 2019
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MidwestBioTech retweeted
Cucurbita maxima, aka Hubbard squash, from our farm, originated as a species in South America from the wild Cucurbita andreana over 4000 years ago. A welcome meal of #soilhealth #carbon!
IRTH worked great for this study of the dynamics of microbial response!
IRTH is perfectly designed for studies like to this comparing efficacy of organic soil amendments. Study by @MidwestBio
#soil #soilhealth #IRTH #Solvita
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These Bourbon Reds are currently listed as “threatened”. Wonderful old breed from Kentucky, my neighbor raises them so “counter-intuitively, by eating we contribute to their conservation “
Demonstrating Solvita IRTH at the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association convention in Peoria.
Solvita IRTH at the Quad City Farm Show in Rock Island, IL measuring microbial decay activity #soilhealth
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The microbes decaying this ear are working very hard -- Solvita IRTH shows over 12,000 ppm CO2. Mold on the kernels shows they are decaying and not germinating.
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Displaying the new Solvita IRTH sensor at the Peoria Farm Show. The jar contains a decaying ear of corn, and the initial CO2 level is quite good.
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These radishes were sown just before Labor Day, and I dug them out last week. Pretty impressive growth for a relatively cool and wet fall.
We are at the Hawkeye Farm Show at Cedar Falls, IA this week. Midwest Bio-Tech has been at this show every year for 32 years.
Aaron, this mix includes clovers and Austrian peas, but the early root mass largely comes from fescue. A local seed company offers an inexpensive blend based on their end-of-season inventory, so I guess they had a lot of fescue left over.
Cover crop mix under snow in December. Not much foliage above ground due to late seeding, but there is 4-5 inches of thick root growth below.
