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[Video] Cover Crops on a Certified Organic Operation

September 30, 2019 | Posted in Termination

David Brown experimented with many cover crops before settling on annual ryegrass for his 80-acre organic farm, Mustard Seed Farms. He found it to be the easiest cover crop to manage, especially when terminating it and incorporating it into the soil in the spring, which is typically cool and wet in his region.

[Video] Organic Crop Rotation & Cover Crops

July 23, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Larry Thompson rotates a diverse array of 30 to 40 warm- and cool-season crops on small plots across his 120-acre organic farm. He sells all of his produce directly to consumers through farm stands. His father started the farm in 1947, and he has been growing cover crops since the 1960s.

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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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