Source: Chris Bennett, AGWEB, 8/11/20


Rick Clark farms butt-naked. “Chemicals, synthetic fertilizer, seed treatments—I’ve gotten rid of all of them, and found a system that has a lot of promise,” Clark says. “When you find success on something the first time you try it, then you just want to keep trying new things.”   When Clark ended all pesticide use in 2015, and synthetic phosphorus and potassium use in 2015, and finally eliminated synthetic nitrogen across his farm in 2020, he put another stitch in a decade-long tapestry of reductions across his entire 7,000-acre operation. 

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