- 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
Fitting the Cover Crop to the Farm & Making Money Doing It
Last week I told you all about our upcoming National Cover Crop Summit and promised to showcase lots more great topics and speakers so without further ado, here is Gary Zimmer, another one of our speakers, to preview his presentation about fitting the cover crop to the farm and how to make money doing it.