Podcast Extra: Ask Me Anything with. John Kempf @AdvancingEcoAgriculture

Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Today on the podcast, John Kempf answers grower questions ranging from managing summer heat, optimizing organic nitrogen budgets, and navigating severe nutrient imbalances, and other topics from June 4's "Ask Me Anything" webinar.

Other topics include:
➡️ How a healthy, waxy leaf lowers a plant’s canopy temperature by 8 to 10 degrees.
➡️ Managing photorespiration to prevent protein degradation and the buildup of high ammonium levels.
➡️ Foliar tools to provide stressed crops with carbohydrates, enzymes, and high-energy compounds.
➡️ Retooling high-chloride potato programs with Rebound micronutrients, Holo-K, SeaShield, and SeaStim.
➡️ Avoiding “burnt leaf tips” on garlic with high molybdenum.
➡️ Using PhotoMag to efficiently convert excess ammonium into complete proteins.
➡️ Advocating for a national food policy focused on nutritional quality and farmer economic viability.
➡️ Using MacroPack and MicroPack as a foliar combination.

Phew!

🎧 Listen: youtube.com/watch?v=W7eGjl9K5jw

Podcast Extra: Ask Me Anything with. John Kempf

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$Ask Me Anything with John Kempf - July 10 , 2026 In this Ask Me Anything format, John will provide insights and practical solutions to help you achieve healthier, more resilient crops. Topics discussed: Managing nutrition and the microbiome through AEAs integrated approach to help achieve crop resistance to spotted wing drosophila in berries. Reducing pecan scab and weevil pressure by balancing trace minerals and applying AEA products like Pinion and PhotoMag. Evaluating plant metabolism and internal health by measuring sugar levels, EC, and pH/EH homeostasis on a sap analysis. Managing almond bloom diseases and pests like navel orange worm using AEAs Pinion alongside targeted applications of calcium and boron. Executing safe foliar applications of solubilized urea by managing overall solution concentration and electrolyte levels to prevent crop leaf burn. Improving late-season calcium absorption in fruit crops through soil shading and foliar boron applications. Pre-blending AEA nutritional products before spraying to create a synergistic response because the formulations are designed to support living biology. Addressing insect pests like the apple borer using a foliar combination of AEAs PhotoMag, Rejuvenate, and Rebound Boron. Mitigating crop damage from herbicide drift using AEA products like SeaStim, MacroPak, MicroPak, HoloCal, and Rebound minerals to bind chelating herbicide molecules. Utilizing micronized mineral products like AEAs Accelerate and HoloCal to deliver fast results as leaf-surface microbes rapidly metabolize the minerals. Generating disproportionate crop responses in soil by fertigating and feeding rhizosphere microbes with the same consistency as foliar feeding. Increasing lipid levels in pasture forage through adequate soil levels of calcium, sulfur, and boron combined with strategic grazing management. Understanding how high sodium and chloride accumulation distorts refractometer brix readings by inflating total dissolved solids rather than indicating pure sugar content. To learn more about our products, please visit: https://advancingecoag.com/shop/ If you have more questions youd like to ask, try out the free version of FieldLark: https://advancingecoag.com/land/fieldlark/ To get notifications of upcoming Ask Me Anythings and to submit your questions, please sign up for our newsletter: https://advancingecoag.com/land/newsletter-sign-up/$

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