- Doubling Biodiversity by seeding a mixed field of peas with canola and chickpeas with flax
- Increasing Resilience in the field to extremes of moisture, disease and pest infestations
- Enhancing Soil Protection from soil erosion after harvest when compared to pea or chickpea monoculture (i.e., just one crop in a field)
- Minimizing Soil Disturbance with fertilizer stewardship and reductions in fertilizer
Cover Crop Connection: Cover Crops Pay Off After Heavy Rains
Today we’re talking with Jeff Schluckbier, who grows corn, sugar beets and wheat in Tuscola County, Mich. Jeff uses sunflowers, radish, clover, oats, cereal rye and Austrian winter peas. He says cover crops are paying off big time in his 7,500-acre operation, especially during heavy rainfall events.
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