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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow a message from Don Reicosky regarding a book on cover
crops and a couple of articles.


Apologies for cross-posting.


*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*



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*Save and Grow*

*Sustainable Crop Production Intensification*

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Subject: Books and articles
To: Don Reicosky <[log in to unmask]>


Below is information on a book about Covercrops published in French by
Frederic Thomas.

Attached is a recent article on the need for more precise methods and
materials section when comparing NoTill and conventional till production
systems.

Also attached is an article on carbon sequestration in South Dakota, USA.



VEGETATION COVER, PRACTICAL INTERCROP MANAGEMENT
VEGETATION COVER, PRACTICAL INTERCROP MANAGEMENT


*Frederick Thomas and Matthew Archambeaud Publishing France Agricole, 306
pages*

Prefaces Soltner Dominique and Michel Griffon
[image: Vegetation cover, practical intercrop management] *VEGETATION
COVER, PRACTICAL INTERCROP MANAGEMENT*

*That's it! After more than 20 years of field testing and nearly 4 years of
writing, Frédéric Thomas and Matthew Archambeaud successfully complete
their guide to the vegetation cover. After analyzing the current
inconsistencies and face an economic, environmental context and conditions
of production rapidly changing agricultural systems, they present a
detailed and reasoned all the benefits of cover crops.*

Wanting, by habit, very practical, the authors then address a concrete and
detailed implementation of covered intercropping,*choice and
characteristics of species used* , *the possible combinations* but also*the
conditions for successful implementation* , management and the dates and
methods of destruction in order to maximize profits. Finally, they have
avenues to explore their integration into systems AC, AB, recovery by
animals or their integration in orchards and vineyards.

Far from simple and regulations imposed CIPAN they demonstrate and advise
how to make a covered plant *powerful and profitable agricultural
tool* . Positive
intercrop management that perfectly meets their technical orientation
" *Replace
steel roots, diesel by photosynthesis and nitrogen nodules*  . " An
extensive program to discover or "  *rediscover*  "over 300 richly
illustrated pages of this book.
SOME EXCERPTS ...


-- 
Don Reicosky
Morris, MN USA 56267
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Cell Phone 320-287-2314

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