State-of-the-art experiment at Ridgetown comparing several different cover crop monocultures and mixtures to no cover crop in mixed vegetable-grain crop rotations.
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Long-Term Impacts Of Cover Crops
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- Theme: Crops
- Tags: corn, cover crops, cucumber, grain crops, nitrogen, soybean, vegetable crops
Project Description:
Publications:
Cumulative impact of cover crops on soil carbon sequestration and profitability in a temperate humid climate
Increased nitrogen retention by cover crops: implications of planting date on soil and plant nitrogen dynamics
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The economics of cover crops
The impact of cover crops on profit margins is a long-contested subject, but new data from the University of Guelph
Is it profitable to store carbon with cover crops?
While cover cropping is a promising option for increasing soil carbon storage in the long-term, the economic return on cover
Funding Sources:
OMAFRA, Grain Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers
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