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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

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As farmers who work in unpredictable climates, we know the importance of growing a diverse range of foods and harvesting various parts to make up for times when cash crops are scarce. Although cutting leaves may slow fruit production, it’s often a necessary part of plant pruning.

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Getting the Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) demonstration project off the ground!

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For the team, set up techniques also differed from farm to farm – from hanging the dispensers from a truck bed with extendable polls, to getting some air using pruning towers! “ Why take cover crop samples? It can also be used to estimate the amount of nitrogen the cover crop will supply the cash crop.

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