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5 Reasons to Seed Cover Crops After Specialty Crops

Specialty crop harvest opens a larger window for cover crop growth.

By Tony Bailey posted on July 27, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Specialty crops offer unique opportunities to include cover crops in the rotation because they are often harvested earlier. This opens a wider window for a late-summer or earlier-fall seeding in which to establish good cover crop growth prior to freezing temperatures.

Living Roots: Fighting Soil Compaction with Biology and Diversity

March 14, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

A recent study by Anthony Bly of South Dakota State University found that no-till fields managed with diversified crop rotation, cover crops, and livestock integration had 57% porosity and an internal water movement rate of 4.7 inches per hour. Soil from conventionally tilled fields had 49% porosity and an internal water movement rate of only 0.8 inches per hour.

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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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