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So what about cover crops?
Farmers often ask me “why” they should consider planting cover crops after harvest. I have listed a number of reasons below.
Cover crops:
- Improve soil health
- Improve yield potential over time
- Improve weed control of winter annuals
- Reduce erosion
- Increase earthworm populations
- Improve soil microbiology
- Build Soil Organic Matter
- Produce and scavenge nutrients
- Help you with manure management
- Provide excellent grazing opportunities
Cover crop roots, along with the additional earthworms:
- Increase soil organic matter
- Increase soil porosity
- Increase soil aeration
- Increase “channels” for future row crop roots to follow
- Reduce compaction
- Increase nutrient recycling
