Anne Verhallen
Projects:
Improving Cover Crop Management: Cover Crop Mixtures With Different Termination Methods
Integration and management of cover crops is challenging due to the immediate time and cost constraints while potential benefits may be long-term. Adjusting cover crop production methods may balance these challenges while meeting producer goals. But th …
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Cover Crops are sprouting up across watershed
after a warm start to September.
Oats, red clover, cereal rye reduce soil erosion and nutrient loss during the fall / winter.
If timing and weather allows, more established plants can provide greater protection with longer roots.
If you can’t see the soil slake test in person- here it is laid out in twitter🧵form! https://twitter.com/Becker_SWCD/status/1570413682349293570
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A tale of soils in two Becker County fields about 2 miles apart. The one on the left is tilled – the one on the right is no-tilled (since 2014). The slake test results are after 7 hours of saturation.
