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2 Cover Crops Have Potential to Reduce Nitrate Leaching

November 23, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Research results from a study led by Extension specialist Fabian Fernandez at the Rosholt Research Farm in Westport, Minnesota show data from 2016 to 2019 for two cover crop systems: winter rye and Kura clover living mulch. The farm is in the Bonanza Valley and has an irrigation system. Read more in this press release from the University of Minnesota.

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