Frequently Asked Questions
Question: How do I get started on one of SGTX's agriculture or yard program?
Easy Answer:
- Call or email us - ask us to come on to your place - we will give you a general price quote and tell you when we can get you in the schedule. Usually potential customers want to talk first, then ask us to come, then think about our proposal. However, if you have heard us speak somewhere or seen what we have done to your neighbors place, you might just say 'come on'. If we are not already familiar with your place we will want to see it before we make our custom blend of Liquid Compost Extract (LCE), trace minerals and other pripriotary mixes.
Longer Answer:
- Step 1: Contact us, either by phone, email, or the contact us form which will tell us where you are located, what you are wanting to grow, whether you are pasture or crop land, etc.
- Step 2: We will call or email you back and give you a very general price quote, talk about our type program, and then, based upon your response, work out a time to come to your land. We will also tell you the amount we charge to come for this initial visit depending upon distance we travel, and amount of land we explore.(Does not apply to yards. There is no charge for us to come by your yard.)
- Step 3: When/If (your decision) we visit your land we will have a better understanding of your goals and what you are trying to do with your land. We will be able to see what is growing there. See our 'pasture walk story' for pastures and more details. We will pick up copies of any soil samples you have. Or we can collect more samples to send to either biology or chemistry labs or both if that is your decision.
- Step 4: Before we leave, depending upon your goals and discussions while we are there with you, we will give you a proposed general plan and cost of proposed services.
- Step 5: Now the ball is back in your court. Call us to discuss or answer any question that may have come up when you have had to think about this. If you say to come start the program, we will give you an estimated date for us to come.
Question: What is the 'New Ag' you all talk about?
It is a new understanding about what it means to leave the land better than found! The New Ag is about low, natural inputs, with the goal to leave the land more alive than we found it! The New Ag wants to go in a natural direction ( not meaning to 'let the land fallow.' New Ag wants to rejuenavate life below ground - they want to quit leaching precious nuturents into our streams, making it someone else's problem - they want to rebuild a functioning eco system! They want to learn new cultural practices (the way one does the work, the practices). The New Ag wants to work in safe environments, wants to eat safe foods that they grow, wants to walk among livestock they respect and appreciate as living creatures. They like diverse pastures more than monoculture pastures.
Question: What is the real work you are doing on the land besides building forage?
Our work is to help you build soil that is alive - that functions as it should - that brings harm to no one - that produces nutrient dense foods - to help develop and adopt culture practices that build organic matter, hold on to the carbon, the phosphorus, the nitrogen, the WATER - that surrounds our livestock, our wildlife, our space above our land with energy and clarity, that becomes 'easy living space'. This invites back to the land the dung bettle, the hawk, the owl, the upland plover, the egert, the raccoon, the squirrel, and yes, even some of those skunks and those loud coyotes,- city folks, too. Call us if you also think this is what stewartship of the land is about. We would like to work with you! Betsy at 512-636-3711 or JR at 512-567-2024.
