Jimmy Emmons serves on the board of the Dewey County Conservation District and is the current president of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and farms about 2,000 acres in Leedey, OK. He gave a presentation Wednesday morning at the OSU All Crops Conference in Norman over “how to make soil health systems work in Oklahoma.” Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Assistant Farm Director Carson Horn was able to ask Jimmy exactly how to get that done.
“You’ve got to be passionate about making a difference,” Emmons says. “The use of cover crops in a no till situation will get you on a good path.”
Part of the discussion in preparing for drought risk situations is expanding the crops of your operation. Varying what is planted based on the season Mother Nature has given. This provides the peace of mind not being locked into a straight commodity market, and spreads out your water use as well as harvest times for the year.
“Everything I do is not successful,” admitted Jimmy. “If you do it like I am you’re going to have failures. Whether it be in drought or termination at the wrong time or something, but we have to learn from those failures instead of just accepting them.”
PPM is something Emmons mentions. He believes success is found by Patience, Persistence, and Management. Success for him is also largely associated with increasing his organic matter, striving to better the water holding capacity.
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