A soil test describes conditions at sampling. Following carbon through the crop and soil raises a different question: how do those conditions change through the season?

John Kempf’s conversation with Jerry Hatfield explores carbon, biology and the farming system. This discovery introduces its published themes.

Listen to the original podcast #

Show: Regenerative Agriculture Podcast. Episode: The Carbon Capture Business with Jerry Hatfield. Host: John Kempf. Guest: Dr Jerry Hatfield. Open the original Libsyn player.

Published: 11 June 2019. Total duration: 52:31. Both are verified against the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast’s Libsyn feed; the embedded Libsyn player displays the same duration.

What the conversation invites us to notice #

Look at relationships, not one isolated measure #

The episode notes connect carbon balance with soil function, plant growth and health. Listen for how Hatfield explains those connections and what evidence he uses.

Cover crops become a research question #

The publisher describes Hatfield’s cover-crop investigations. Listen for the conditions and evidence behind any particular conclusion.

Resilience belongs in the business conversation #

Resilience and profitability are interview themes. The conversation does not establish a transferable financial return for another farm.

What this could mean on the farm #

KindHarvest reflection: choose one paddock and one change you are considering. Write down the question it should answer, the observations you would record, and the costs you would include. As you listen, check whether the discussion helps you define what you would measure.

Questions still worth asking #

Which studies support a particular claim? Were the soils, crops and weather comparable to yours? What distinguishes a measured change in soil function from a proposed explanation? Carbon captured by plants, carbon retained in soil and eligibility for carbon payments should not be treated as interchangeable.

Questions to listen for #

Use these questions while listening to the full episode.

• How do the speakers connect carbon balance with soil and plant health?
• What evidence sits behind the cover-crop discussion?
• How do they connect biology, resilience and profitability?

Listen, read and explore #

Attribution: Original conversation by John Kempf and Jerry Hatfield; produced by Nathan Harman, Robin Kitowski and Anna Kempf. The show is supported by Advancing Eco Agriculture, founded by Kempf. Its commercial context is relevant when assessing agronomic claims.

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KindHarvest’s introduction and listening questions draw on the linked publisher’s episode notes. They are editorial synthesis, not quotations or a review of the complete recording.