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Utah Farmers Try Cover Crops

February 10, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: The Journal

Planting cover crops instead of fallowing fields may boost soil health, but farmers shouldn’t expect their efforts to work immediately. Cover crops also increase costs. That was the takeaway from a workshop presented by the Southwestern Colorado Research Center and attended by more than 60 farmers and ranchers Monday in Dove Creek, Utah, at the Public Service Center. Read more about farmers' experiences in this article from The Journal (Cortez, CO).

Organic Producers are Avid Users of Cover Crops, Rotational Grazing

July 5, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: USDA press release

A USDA press release shares how practices associated with soil health—including the use of cover crops and rotational grazing—are more widely used in organic farming systems than in conventional systems.

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Cover Cropping in Integrated Farming Systems

Last week we had boots on the ground at the Big Soil Health Event in Cedar Falls, Iowa where agronomist David Kleinschmidt emphasized the importance of considering Carbon to Nitrogen ratios of cover crops and residues.

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