ARLINGTON, VA – Simply put, farmers can’t grow a crop without soil. Recent trends in sustainable agriculture have pointed to soil health as a way to stave off climate change and store carbon in the soil. The term can be used to describe everything from soil carbon, soil organic matter, and soil structure; but will practices linked to soil health ever work in rice production?
Arkansas farmer Adam Chappell joins the
latest episode of
The Rice Stuff podcast to explain how a pigweed problem led him to cover crops, cereal rye, precision planting, row rice, and making it all profitable.
“It was really interesting talking with Adam about his farming philosophy of trying new things – adopting what works and changing what doesn’t,” said show host Lydia Holmes. “He shared how he deals with skeptics to his techniques and how he just wants to make it all work.”
Chappell believes there’s always a profitable way to make things work – you just have to adapt in the moment to figure it out.
“I think this is an eye-opening episode and will give listeners a lot to think about,” Holmes said.
Somehow co-hosts Michael Klein and Lesley Dixon managed to weave Marvel movies, TikTok, and yellow mustard into the episode, but that’s what they do.
New episodes of
The Rice Stuff are published on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month and can be found wherever you get your podcasts or online at
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