 So the NRCS brought out the rainfall simulator and we're going to see what it does on different soils so we've got Currently some of my pasture Some of the neighbors pasture that was a little bit overgrazed some of our cover crops my no-till Fields down here on the Crick and then some of the neighbors conventional tillage that they planted back to winter wheat so Be nice to see what this water does to under under these different conditions So this is simulating the one and a half inch rainfall on the different types of soils and and cover crops and current pasture Which we currently see these hard fast rains in this part of the country when we do get a rainfall they might come in a very short window so It's nice to see how this water is going to go through this soil we're starting to see the back splash on the on the conventional tillage as the rain Hits it. We're also seeing the runoff start to occur on it The no-till is starting to see a lot of water running through the soil How it's taking you then with very very little runoff? Cover crops are kind of a close second at the moment Yeah, you're seeing the runoff coming out of the overgrazed pasture You're not seeing hardly any water on some of my soils right now that they're just absorbing apparently all the water That's pretty markable to see that much water going through the soils of the cover crop in the no-till right there alone Or even my healthy pastures are starting to see some water finally get through there kind of goes to show a guy that Even though the cover crops might use a little moisture, but When you do get these rainfall amounts like this that how fast that soil recharges even over the just the no-till Stubble that's pretty amazing Say the no-till and the cover crops the amount of water that And filtrates into the soil is just remarkable and was almost no runoff that Makes you wonder how much we still get to learn about these soils in the pasture management that that tickles me that to see that on the pasture as well that Makes you finally feel like what you're doing or working Amazing looking at the different amount of water runoff and like I said that the way that soil seals up You know on the overgraze ground and the summer fallow and and just won't let any more water in I mean just looking at it from the surfaces Just remarkable and the cover crops that You know that was my concern is Raising another crop are we using up too much moisture, but now I can you know I've always believed in the canopy, but to actually see the water infiltration just amazes me That we need to continue to push that Yeah, so I'm really excited to see what's going on underneath the surface on all these soils and the different types so that we Don't just have to look at it from a visual on top. How muddy that is clear to the bottom there's actually some Clumps in there yet to allow that to Let the water go through and all dry dirt on the bottom side of that that really makes Makes you rethink everything you've ever learned from your grandparents, don't it? Say we've got so much to learn about soils yet. It's amazing Yeah, it's just they say I can't believe that we just run the same amount of water through both of them and Have that kind of moisture and structure to the bottom versus dry dirt two inches deep You can't see it. You can't measure that Right that the water stays that clean coming through that no-till soil How much actual soil you having your runoff on your conventional till? You know just the fact that we're not letting any of it run off and take any soil with it This no-till just has so much merit that we have yet to learn Yeah Mind-blowing All right again that water is so clean coming off of what little runoff of the healthy pasture how much sediment it took with the overgraze pasture It's just amazing to see that much difference you want me to flip them into we do have Moisture all the way through that Right the roots are pretty short At two inches that that's all the more roots we have compared to compared to all the rich structure that goes clear through there On a moisture You can even see the color difference between the healthy pasture versus the overgraze pasture than the soil structure and Same way in the no-till versus versus the conventional till It's just amazing how much darker that healthy soil is Monty Williams, I guess in closing I hope you guys learned as much about the rainfall simulator and and your soils today as I did here at box elder