Episode 173: Building Soil Health on Limited Rainfall with Jeremy Brown
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast
AEA Marketing
4.7 • 548 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Brown is an organic farmer and the founder of Broadview Agriculture in the Southern Plains of West Texas. Managing nearly 4,000 acres of certified organic land, Jeremy is a leader in adapting regenerative practices to "brittle," low-rainfall environments. He brings a pragmatic approach to the movement by aligning his production with the natural limitations of his ecosystem, prioritizing soil biology and local economic health over the high-input "rat race" of conventional technology.
In this episode, John and Jeremy discuss:
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Jeremy's transition from the "Roundup Ready" era back to organic farming to discover what truly constitutes "good soil."
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How high yields in desert-like environments creates a financial "rat race" that ignores the farm's natural context.
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30-year plateau in dryland cotton yields despite massive advancements in chemical and seed technology.
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How Jeremy uses a weather-responsive approach to interseed multi-species cover crops.
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The integration of stocker cattle to offset the cost of cover crop seeds while providing natural fertilizer and biological stimulation.
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Why Jeremy chooses to invest in local labor and home-raised seeds rather than high-tech machinery and expensive technology fees.
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About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.
Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, friends. This is John. Welcome back to the Region of Agriculture Podcasts. You know the drill. We have all kinds of fun conversations here. Today, we, I'm being joined by a guest, someone who consider a friend Jeremy Brown from Texas, dry land, difficult areas of Texas. At least that's the way he described them to me when I first met him. |
| 0:22.2 | So Jeremy, thank you for being here. What prompted us having this conversation, I was in |
| 0:28.7 | Texas just recently speaking to, speaking with a group of cotton growers. Jeremy was there and was on |
| 0:33.7 | the panel as well. And I was really intrigued by your comments about not farming outside or not trying to |
| 0:42.4 | farm beyond your context. |
| 0:44.9 | And I'd love to just kick things off and dive right into the weeds on that. |
| 0:50.2 | Tell us a little bit about your operation, the context, the environment that you're farming in, |
| 0:55.7 | and how that has evolved over the years and some of the reasons why. |
| 0:59.1 | Yeah, well, first, John, it's a privilege and an honor to be a part of your podcast. |
| 1:04.9 | I've enjoyed listening to this for many years. |
| 1:07.8 | I can't tell how many times I've set in a pickup listening to people that you've interviewed from Gabe Brown to Dr. White at Rutgers. |
| 1:19.1 | I just, I mean, the list goes on and on and it's been helped me learn in my |
| 1:23.5 | regenerative journey as I've been on this journey for a while now. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, so we farm in the southern plains, so the very, very far end of the plains, I guess |
| 1:37.8 | if you could see, if you're looking at a mat, we are predominantly a cotton farm. |
| 1:43.2 | My personal operation is predominantly an organic cotton farm. |
| 1:48.9 | It's been a journey, as I said. |
| 1:50.5 | We grew up farming with my dad, my granddad, but in the late 90s, early 2000s, granddad |
| 1:57.8 | granddad retired. |
| 1:58.5 | My dad quit farming. |
| 2:00.4 | And so I was away from the farm for about 10 years |
| 2:03.9 | because you know I the only way I could farm was with the help of my father and and he was no longer |
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