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Regenerative Agriculture: A Strategic Approach for Farming

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This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Healthy soil can absorb and retain water more effectively, helping crops withstand droughts and floods. Healthy soil can absorb and retain water more effectively, helping crops withstand droughts and floods.

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

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And when nitrates are present, it’s inevitable that other contaminants, such as pesticides , are also polluting the water. Farmers would often plow the cover under early in the spring before it could provide optimal soil health benefits, and USDA restrictions didn’t allow much flexibility.

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