00:00 Hey guys, it's Temple with extreme Ag. One of the hot topics this year is sustainability programs. How do we get in them? How do we get involved? 00:08 Um, what, what do we have to do? So, a bunch of guy, a bunch of different sustainability programs are out there. 00:15 You gotta kind of pick and choose what you kind of want to do. Uh, for me, we had trouble when 00:20 we first wanted to get into it. When, when they first started coming out with, you know, carbon programs, for instance, I couldn't get in 'em 00:27 because I didn't. I'd already checked all the boxes, what we were already doing on our own all those years, whether it was no-till, whether it was strip till, 00:35 cutting back on fertility such as nitrogen, trying to get more efficiency outta nitrogen cover crops. All of those things we were already doing. 00:44 So the guy that was an earlier adopter, we got penalized for doing that. So nowadays, you know, when I went to talk to Tru Terra, 00:52 they talk about these programs where you can get in them for a year. So when you get in it for a year, 00:58 that became very exciting for me. What that means for me is I can get into a program for a year, get my feet wet, 01:07 and then try to actually learn enough about it to kind of actually be dangerous within the program. Not be dangerous within the program, 01:15 but at least know enough about it, educate myself, and then continue that process. One of the bad things about it is, is when a lot of these, 01:24 these carbon programs or sustainability programs or regenerative program, whatever you wanna talk about, the problems with a lot of 'em are they tie your acres up 01:32 for a long period of time. Chair doesn't have that. They have a program where it kind of ties your a your acres up for a year. 01:40 But it also, for an early adopter like I was, I still was eligible to be involved. That's a big deal. A lot 01:49 of people across this country do cover crops already, do no-till, already do strip till already are reducing their fertility. 01:57 They are already checking all these boxes that we need to go ahead and check. Well, now we can get paid for it. 02:03 So I would tell you guys to educate yourself about the different programs that are out there. I would say maybe get your feet wet, get into the program, 02:11 reach out, talk to these people, let 'em let you in, and then once you get in, you'll kind of see what can I do. The other thing is, is, you know, cover crops are some 02:20 of the things in no-till they do scare a lot of people. This particular field was, it was in cover crop wheat and it had clover in it as well. 02:28 The past two years we've done that, we've turned cattle out on this ground. Background cattle in the wintertime. 02:34 So I think that that helps with that carbon process, which it looks good too. You know, it's, it, it's all about regeneration. 02:40 Well, we came back in here this year and, and the crop, the cover crop was so thick. I was so scared. Now you're gonna have to step up your, 02:47 your no-till game if you go and plan in something like this, it is a heavy crop, but the crop looks good now. 02:54 We were worried about it at first. We're not worried about it anymore. Take baby steps and become, you know, a sustainable farmer 03:02 and see where this goes forward.