Podcast Extra: John Kempf & BASS Hybrids on the Future of Corn

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Science, Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences

4.7 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast extra, John Kempf joins Ed Baumgartner, Founder, and Andrew Dixon, Business Development Manager, of BASS Hybrids on a BASSCAST to discuss regenerative corn production. They explore transitioning from chemical-heavy practices to biological systems using microbial inoculants like Biocoat Gold to improve soil health and plant resilience.

They also discuss:

Using Biocoat Gold as a biological seed treatment to set plants up for better long-term success.
The "rhizophagy cycle," where plants meet nutritional needs by recruiting and "consuming" soil microbes.
Observations of interseeded companion crops increasing corn yields rather than just competing for resources.
Delaying the "black layer" in corn by up to 12 days through optimal biological nutrition to gain test weight.
The effectiveness of biological treatments even when applied to seeds pre-coated with traditional fungicides.
How diverse microbial health naturally lowers excess sodium and chloride levels in irrigation systems.
Strategies for reducing synthetic nitrogen dependency while maintaining high-yield performance.

Additional Resources
To learn more about BASS Hybrids, please visit: https://basshybrids.com/

To purchase BioCoat Gold, please visit: https://advancingecoag.com/product/biocoat-gold-2/

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.

Support For This Show & Helping You Grow
Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.

AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter the most.

AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits.

Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers worldwide.

Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	So, well, John, thank you for being here and joining Ed and I in a discussion about AEA and corn.
0:10.2	It's super exciting.
0:11.3	I've seen you talk a bunch of different times in a couple different nexus events, and my brother and I came out to the event that you and Rick Clark did down there with Keith in Indiana, right on the state line there.
0:25.5	And, you know, rarely has it been, you know, solely dedicated to, to say, corn, you know, where there's a lot of discussion about a bunch of different things.
0:32.8	So I appreciate you spending some time with us today to talk about what you guys have going on and that being in a corn system.
0:42.3	Corn carries a lot of emotions for a lot of people.
0:47.3	It's probably the one plant that has got more people addicted to it than marijuana.
0:52.3	It's the sense of growing it.
0:56.0	Guilty.
1:01.0	Yeah, it's an honor to be here.
1:03.0	Thank you for having me here, Andrew.
1:04.0	I'm looking for this.
1:05.0	Yeah, I appreciate it.
1:06.0	And we've done a bunch of different things with AEA and have growers that are incorporated AEA into their system.
1:15.1	And, you know, I'd love to get your take on on what some of that looks like, how we can improve a corn system with the use of whether it's AEA product or just an overall different approach in certain cases.
1:31.7	Yeah, what, give me a bit of context, Andrew.
1:34.7	What have growers experienced and what have, yeah, what have the observations and the experience has been?
1:40.1	Sure.
1:40.5	So, Ed can key in on a little bit of this as well is, you know, we've had even on our own
1:45.5	discovery farm where we've had some different AEA products and more specifically the
1:51.3	bio coat gold as a seed treatment as part of our trial. And, you know, what I've seen is in
1:59.3	situations across the landscape and in areas where
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