Farming Video | Activated Carbon for Better Nutrient Uptake & Soil Health

00:00:00 So, hey guys, Matt Miles, I, McGee, Arkansas. I'm joined by Brad Benson with, uh, activated Carbon Technologies. 00:00:06 And, uh, just wanted to talk to you a little bit about that word activated. So we get bombarded with carbons. 00:00:13 Uh, you know, that's kind of the new game in town as carbons. And, and we've, we've, we've used them. 00:00:17 We see they work and then Brad comes along, man, I got carbon sitting over here as far as I've got chicken litter over here. 00:00:22 It's got carbon in it. There's several different types of carbon you can buy on the market. Brad come to me and said, well, we got activated carbon. 00:00:29 I know we did a video on this last year, but I'm kind of a dumb farmer and honestly, what is activated carbon? Yep. 00:00:36 So, um, you're not necessarily a dumb farmer at all, man. I think we're all dumb in this game as it relates 00:00:42 to carbon from an industry wide standpoint. It's very much in its infancy stage as it, as it correlates to the value that it brings to agriculture and production. 00:00:53 Um, so carbon sources, we're looking at a pile of chicken s**t right behind the camera here, you know? Right. And, and that's been a standard practice for you 00:01:01 because that is a carbon source that is an organic matter source at activated carbon technologies. 00:01:06 We, we named the company after the platform in which it's built, which is activated carbon. 00:01:12 So we take car carbon sources that are rich in IC substances and we activate them. Uh, so biologically, physically 00:01:22 and chemically, we're extracting the active ingredients and the readily available soluble modes of action that are in the humic spectrum 00:01:31 and bringing that to the end user in a liquid complex that's immediately available for uptake and reaction in the soil. 00:01:39 So what we do at activated carbon is produce a very high concentrated, so it's the highest concentration 00:01:46 liquid complex on the market. So you said a high percent carbon, you know, you hear people talk about this, this carbon carbon's, 00:01:52 this percent, this carbon's this percent. What percent is carbon is in the activated carbon. Right. So it's a good question. 00:01:57 There's many different ways to look at it. So we take the spectrum of activated soluble carbon elements as it relates to agriculture 00:02:06 and soil and plant reactivity. Um, so we're at a, we're labeled as a 24% activated carbon. Now, you can then break it down and try 00:02:15 and figure out how much humic acid is and how much fulvic acid is in, and how much human is in there, which is H-U-M-I-N. 00:02:22 Okay. So we're at 24% on an activated carbon complex. So that takes into consideration humanic, fulvic human, as well as the organic carbon. 00:02:30 'cause organic carbon is really what correlates to efficacy as it relates from a foliar standpoint 00:02:36 as well as a soil standpoint. Exchange capacity, right. Building the size of the fuel tank, building the, the activity of, uh, 00:02:43 chemical alterations and breaking the bonds of elements that are in our soil that, that we're trying to get into the plant. 00:02:50 'cause that's what we're trying to do is feed the plant through the soil. Right? Right. If you're looking at humic acid alone, 00:02:56 we have roughly 16% of the actual humic acid in our, in our material. But, um, we, we don't take all of 00:03:04 that into consideration in building the analysis of activated carbon. 'cause the activated carbon is more than 00:03:09 just a singular component. And that's where we're at. We have many different modes of actions and components in our complex, 00:03:17 and so how we deliver it to the farmer varies greatly. Are you looking at a total fertility replacement? So we will build that 00:03:25 with phosphate potassium micronutrient lines that we solubilize and refine and react with that activated carbon complex. 00:03:32 Do you want a foliar complex where we are going to build a nitrogen, potassium, sulfur 00:03:38 and zinc source with activated carbon to achieve the ROIs that you're expecting? So we could do that. We can also use just the activated 00:03:46 carbon to impact nitrogen, use efficiency, um, alleviate soil, compaction, so and so forth. So basically what you're saying, 00:03:54 if I understand you correctly, is whatever the farmer needs, you've got a way to do that. 00:03:59 So if you come in, first thing you're gonna do is you're going to take some, some soil samples. 00:04:03 Mm-hmm. You're gonna see what the farmer needs. If he needs a lot of P and no K or a lot of K and no p or maybe more sulfur or, or something to do with compaction. 00:04:12 Y'all actually custom blend to what the farmer's needs is not just a one one size fits all product. 00:04:17 So yes, that's exactly what we do. We try and get a feel for the expectations that our customer has and what are the needs 00:04:25 and the goals that you have, what needs you have. We will build and customize for your operation, for your goals, for your placement and timing. 00:04:34 Whatever your protocols all are, we work directly with you on that. So, as Temple says, quite often what his, 00:04:41 what he values the most is looking at four or five totes on a, on his spray trailer that each have a, a, a goal, you know, at a mode 00:04:50 of action that he's trying to achieve. And we can replace that with a single tote. So the amount of modes of action 00:04:56 that we can get into a single blend, I believe is, is really important. But they all serve a, a very valuable purpose to the farm. 00:05:03 We just try and customize it specific to an operation to make it if as efficiently as possible, as it relates to economics, agronomics, and, uh, operational efficiencies. 00:05:12 So guys, you've heard it from the owner. He can take all the products that we try to put on our crop, he can put it in one one tote Yeah. 00:05:18 And apply everything at one time, activated it. And through our success on our rice farm, it's to grow our standard practice for us this year. 00:05:26 Right. Where can you find, where, how can you get ahold of You? Yep. So, uh, we 00:05:29 have a website, activated.ag. Um, you can also follow us on social media and, uh, obviously trust our friends here at Extreme Ag if 00:05:37 you, if you really need to get ahold of us 00:05:39.005 --> 00:05:39.805