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Study: Cover Crops Improve Soil Health

June 12, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

A five-year study by a New Mexico State University researcher found that integrating cover crops, such as legumes and grasses, into existing cropping systems can increase the biological health of soils on hot and dry semiarid lands. Read more in this article from the Las Cruces Sun News.

Use Legumes as a Cover Crop in Orchards

April 27, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Good Fruit Grower

Cover crops are common, and most growers use grass. However, a few soil researchers suggest growers consider covering their alleys with legumes instead, as some organic growers already do. Read more in this article from Good Fruit Grower.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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