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Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

UnderstandingAg

Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.

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Armoring Your Soil for the Winter

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It is mid-summer, and that time of the year to order your winter cover crop seeds. In the previous article about winter cover crops for market gardens, I highlighted the important role winter cover crops play in providing diversity and building soil health. The warm season species (i.e.,

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

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But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year? Now it becomes a perennial living mulch to direct seed or transplant cash crops into. The cash crop can get ahead of the clover and by the time the clover spreads and gains altitude, the crop is well established.

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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

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The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. The good news for small-scale growers in Florida is that these winter cash crops can be profitable on limited acreage. Florida’s winter sun shines brightly on a world of opportunity for farmers.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

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It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States. Southeastern Minnesota’s Olmsted County is a microcosm of agriculture’s dependence on nitrogen fertilizer.

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From Symptoms to Solutions: Addressing the Underlying Causes of Water Quality Degradation – Part 4

UnderstandingAg

High-salt fertilizers add insult to injury by inhibiting soil biology and creating osmotic stress in plants. Fall application of nutrients for a cash crop the following year makes no sense from a plant nutrition standpoint. We need to drill baby drill – with cover crops. Most N demand is in midsummer.

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How to Improve Long-Term Soil Health on Your Farm

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Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. One common method is the traditional or sequential crop rotation, where different crops are grown in a planned sequence over a period of years. Soil health is a holistic measure of soil function.