Farming Video | Why Matt Miles Uses Source from SoundAg on 100% of His Cotton Acres

3 Aug 252m 51s

Matt Miles of XtremeAg shares compelling results from his multi-year use of Source by SoundAg in cotton. After early trials showed triple-digit yields on a 40-acre plot, he expanded to 500 acres and saw high double-digit ROI. Source works by mimicking natural plant signals to activate microbes in the soil, increasing nutrient uptake and boosting yield potential. One standout observation: a shift toward more five-lock cotton bolls, which can increase yield by up to 20%. With stacking bolls and solid return on investment—even at today's cotton prices—Matt now uses Source on 100% of his cotton acres. Practical, profitable, and proven.

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00:00:00 So guys here at Extreme Ag, we, uh, you know, we test a lot of products. We do a lot of research for, uh, 00:00:06 for different partners that we have. And every now and then you stumble on something that's just almost too good to be true 00:00:12 and source from Sound Ag is one of those products that we've seen, you know, that made that happen. Two years ago we had a 40 acre plot 00:00:20 and we made triple digit yields on, on cotton. So then we decided to do 500 acres last year. Not a plot, but 500 acres, um, of the source. 00:00:30 We did the 500 acres and we got high double digit numbers. Uh, 80 to 90 pounds per acre. 00:00:37 You know, you're looking at about a 13 to $15 investment. And I mean, you do the math on, just say, we get an average 00:00:44 of 80 pounds an acre at, even in today's world is 70 cents. You know, that's a, that's a pretty good ROI. 00:00:51 So what source does the way source works is it mimics the signals that a plant would give to activate microbes, 00:00:59 to utilize phosphorus, nitrogen, micronutrients, and different products. And that, that are, are different elements 00:01:06 or nutrients that are in the soil. So this product mimics that and it allows that plant to think, I've got, 00:01:12 you know, I need to take this up. You know, there's a wide range of opportunities there to put it out. 00:01:16 It's a one out rate, you piggyback. So whatever you're doing, we're always gonna have a Pinhead square application for plant bugs. 00:01:23 So it fits in really good there at first square, first bloom, uh, you know, if we get behind or whatever, we're able to put it out a little bit later. 00:01:31 And you can see some of these laterals. I just pulled 'em off a plant here a while ago, you know, and we're looking at, you know, it, it's stacking, it's, 00:01:38 we're stacking bowls and that's the name of the game. The more bowls you have, the more lynch you have and, and I can just, you know, 00:01:45 I can keep showing you these all day long, but it's been a really good product for us. Uh, one thing I have seen, it seems like it does, 00:01:53 is we got more five lock bowls than we do four lock bowls. So in a, in a cotton scenario, 00:01:58 you either have four locks or you have five locks. Well, five is 20% more than four. So the more five lock bowls we can get, 00:02:05 that increases our yield by 20% per that bowl. So I pulled off what I hope is gonna be harvestable bowls. There's 16 total bowls here. 00:02:13 You got 12 of 'em that are five locks, and you've got four of 'em that are four locks. If you do the math on that, the way I figured it out, uh, 00:02:21 you know, you're 75% five locks, which is going to increase your yield by 15%. And I've seen what the source product 00:02:27 that it seems like we turn out more five lock bowls than we do four. We've got this on a hundred percent of our acres. 00:02:33 There's no plot. Uh, the plot plot days are gone for the, for the source. We, we feel like it's made us a big yield in cotton 00:02:41 and, uh, it's gonna go on every acre 00:02:43.175 --> 00:02:46.125