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Grazing cover crops requires management and balance
Mixed-species forage crops can have similar benefits as traditional cover crops.
Brush encroachment provides clues about soil health
Organic matter serves important role in soil health
Five basic principles increase soil health
Cover Crops: A Tool in Agricultural Production
Cover crops are a tool in agricultural production just as tractors and herbicides are tools. When used correctly and with purpose, they can be effective. When used incorrectly or with unrealistic expectations, they can be harmful.
Cover Crop Economic Considerations
Many factors should be considered to determine the economic value of cover crops.
Is Prescribed Fire a Friend or Foe to Soil Health?
Without fire on rangelands, many of the soil health building principles are much harder to achieve.
Cover Crop Series: Browntop Millet
Jim Johnson, soils and crops consultant, reviews one of his favorite grass cover crops: Browntop Millet.
New national research initiative aims to improve cover crops
To boldy go to the next new frontier, look down
As we continue to stargaze, dreaming of the great mysteries above us, we have another historic exploration opportunity. One that is closer. One that requires us to look down, not up. In the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci said, "We know more about the movement of the celestial bodies than the soil underfoot." More than 500 years later, this fact remains true.