Paul DeLaunce

Soil Scientist

Texas A&M University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

Examining Cover Crop Benefits in Continuous Wheat and Cotton Rotations in a Semi=Arid Environment

Many growers in drier environments on the Great Plains could benefit from cover crops but worry that adding covers to their rotation will take too much moisture away from their cash crops and potentially hurt yields.

Soil scientist Paul DeLaune will share the results of two multi-year studies Texas A&M University carried out on the effects of cover crops not only on yields in continuous cotton and wheat systems but also important metrics such as water infiltration and retention, and changes in soil properties and soil microbial activity.