BIG COVERS. When Lucas Criswell started no-till planting into living cover crops, the covers were about 15 inches tall. Today, he plants into covers that grow to 3 or 4 feet high, saying they’re the key to protecting the soil from erosion and building soil health.
If no-till isn’t enough to stop erosion, what is?
Lucas Criswell believes the answer is big cover crops.
The Lewisburg, Pa., no-tiller does some custom application work for other…