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Cover crops: understand your needs
Mar 7, 2017, 13:29 PM
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An ag engineer says farmers need to assess the needs of their field before planning to use cover crops. University of Nebraska’s Paul Jasa says farmers who intend to plant a cover crop need to evaluate what their field needs.
“If I want to grow more residue out there to absorb the rate of impact I’m going to look at something like cereal rye or rye grass. If I want to cut back on my fertilizer bill I’m going to look at a legume so I’ll plant harry veg or winter peas.
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