Noun
crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure
Source: WordNetAU Merit, one of the top performers for biomass in both April and May in UTIA cover crop variety trials. Source: Internet
Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy program will likely come up for discussion, to raise more money to help farmers expand Iowa’s cover crop acreage and install other soil and water conservation measures. Source: Internet
Farm Business: Here’s how to use partial budgeting to determine cover crop economics. Source: Internet
For cereal rye, Illinois’ most popular cover crop, plant at 55 pounds per acre or more to have a significant impact on weeds. Source: Internet
He believes in the future those corn varieties could be planted earlier, and they could be planted directly into a green cover crop of hairy vetch and rye. Source: Internet
For example, a nitrogen-fixing crop, like a legume, should always proceed a nitrogen depleting one; similarly, a low residue crop (i.e. a crop with low biomass) should be offset with a high biomass cover crop, like a mixture of grasses and legumes. Source: Internet