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Covers Used in Solar Corridor Crop System Increase Yield, Grazing Potential

By C. LeRoy Deichman posted on February 8, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing

A solar corridor is the space between rows of a relatively tall plant like corn that is wide enough for significant amounts of incident sunlight to reach the cover crop growing between the corn rows.

60-Inch Corn Ideal for Cover Crops

September 7, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farms.com

Conservation authority staff planted 60-inch corn near Clinton, Ont., as part of a project seeking to better understand how planting cover crops between corn rows may benefit both the crop and the soil. Ross Wilson, the water and soils resource coordinator for Ausable Bayfield Conservation, is collaborating with Bill Gibson, the landowner, on the project. Read more in this article from Farms.com.

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Being Intentional with Cover Crops in Your Farm System

At last week’s National Strip-Tillage Conference in Madison, Wis., I had a chance to catch up with Gary Zimmer, also known as the father of biological farming, who was attending the conference in hopes of learning more about how strip-till can fit into his biological farming practices.

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