Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events with Cover Crops

By Dane Elmquist posted on October 30, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension

The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts projects Wisconsin will experience more extreme weather events in the future. This projection may not be surprising, given the State just dealt with a drought in 2023, followed by abundant rainfall and localized flooding events in spring 2024, and is now back into dry conditions this fall.

Cover Crops, No-Till Can Help Prepare Farms for Extreme Weather Events

By Clay Pope posted on December 28, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Southern Plains Perspective

They say history repeats itself—it sure seems that way when it comes to the end of the year and global temperature records. But cover crops and no-till could be part of the solution.

Cover Crops, No-Till Could Help Combat Nutrient Runoff Due to Extreme Rainfall

By Marianne Stein posted on December 19, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Phys.Org

Nutrient runoff from agricultural production is a significant source of water pollution in the U.S., and climate change that produces extreme weather events is likely to exacerbate the problem. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at how extreme rainfall impacts runoff and suggests possible mitigation strategies.

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Cover Crops Key to Reducing, Managing Extreme Weather

By Laura Barrera posted on December 1, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health

Drought, heat, hot wind, heavy rainfall, flooding and other extreme weather cost the top 10 U.S. agriculture states more than $25 billion the last 5 years, says the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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