I noticed these recent posts on No-Till Farmer’s website - growers recognizing the value of cover crops to prevent erosion. Note that in the second case, he’s using cover crops on waterways, as well as on crop lands.
Dan Gillespie is a no-tiller at Meadow Grove, Neb., and state NRCS no-till specialist. At this time, [...]
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Michigan State Univ. extension educator Dan Hudson published the following about cover crops. To view the entire presentation, click here:
Here are the main points, both about the benefits of cover crops and that of annual ryegrass and crimson clover:
Reasons for Cover Crops - Farmer Perspective
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• Improve yield or profit
• Fix/scavenge nitrogen
• Improve soil quality
– OM, [...]
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Dormant seeding, or “frost seeding,” - a cover crop is much less common than seeding in late summer, after harvest. But Michigan grower Larry Bonnell shared his dormant seeding success with No-Till Farmer magazine this week. He is talking about annual ryegrass. Here’s an excerpt, which you can access by logging on to No-Till Farmer.
“I [...]
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This post came from “Go Green Toolshed,” a blog on the virtues and mechanics of organic farming. It seemed particularly on target with this segment talking about benefits of no-till farming and its relationship to the carbon dioxide cycle:
The land-based carbon cycle works as plants take CO2 out of the atmosphere and convert it to [...]
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Next Saturday, two Soil & Water Conservation Districts and a local college will sponsor a field day in Pierceton, IN - a “show and tell” about the use and benefits of cover crops.
I’ll be among those presenting information, on annual ryegrass particularly but touching on the use of other cover crops too.
Jamie and Jim Scott [...]
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Use of manure on fields, especially in livestock and dairy operations, helps manage excess waste while saving money on purchase of chemical fertilizers for crops.
Michigan State University associate professor (Agriculture) Tim Harrigan, PhD, has developed an easy way to seed cover crops in manure slurry, economical for no-till farmers to add a cover crop with [...]
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