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Midwest Cover Crop Council Publishes Cover Crop Manual
Producers who want to prevent soil erosion, improve nutrient cycling, sustain their soils, and protect the environment have been returning to a very old practice: planting cover crops. Although farmers have been using cover crops for centuries, today’s producers are … Continue reading
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Tagged aerial seeding, Annual ryegrass, burndown of cover crops, cover crops, deep rooting, erosion control, improve water infiltration, management of annual ryegrass, Mike Plumer, no-till agriculture, Purdue University, seeding cover crops, sequester nitrogen, weed suppression
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Try a Cover Crop for Fields Unplanted this Spring
In Ag.com today, Successful Farming writer Jeff Caldwell advises those with empty fields this July, because of earlier flooding and rain, to consider a summer cover crop. Here’s the article, and here’s a link to the page: If flooding kept … Continue reading
Purdue Explains Herbicide Use for Cover Crops
In a recent post, Purdue University researchers posted an article on the use of herbicides on cover crops. Herbicide manufacturers don’t address cover crops, per se, so Purdue is offering some new insights. Here’s a portion of the article. Click … Continue reading