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Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture (Hardcover)
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Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture (Hardcover)
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This book will not serve as the "encyclopedia of cover crop
management," but it's close. The benefits of a wide range of
individual cover crops and blends/mixes for specific agronomic crop
rotations and geographic locations are included. Descriptions,
photographs, and illustrations show how cover crops look in the
field, including plant height, leaf architecture, and rooting
patterns. Long term benefits are described for soil health, soil
structure, water quality, nutrient contributions, soil
biodiversity, air quality and climate change. In addition to the
"whys" of cover crop use, the book includes details on the "hows:"
how to choose cover crops for specific applications and locations;
how (and when) to plant; how to manage and maintain the cover for
maximum benefit; and how and when to terminate. Planting options
include: drilling/planting between rows of an agronomic crop at
planting time, or when the crop is short (i.e. corn in early June);
"aerial" seeding with an airplane or high-clearance machine shortly
before the crop reaches maturity; and drilling/planting immediately
after harvest of the agronomic crop. Selected cover crops (blends)
can help with pest and disease management. Cover crops are an
economic input with an expected return on investment, similar to
pesticides and fertilizer. As part of a continuous no-till system,
cover crops provide long-term biological, chemical and structural
benefits. The resulting increase in soil organic matter means the
agronomic crop yields benefit from better water infiltration and
water holding capacity, greater availability of nitrogen and other
nutrients, deeper rooting, and increased soil microbial activity in
the root zone.
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