*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow the publication *Soil Health in Field and Forage Crop
Production *published by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Penn State University Extension, Capital Resource Conservation &
Development, and Clinton County Conservation District. The publication is
by Sjoerd Duker, Joel Myers and Lisa Blazure. The publication is about
Improving the bottom line using continuous no-till, cover crops and
cropping diversity.
Soil health is the continued capacity of soil to function as a living
ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans. This 32-page
full-color publication emphasizes the natural principles of the no-till
system and discusses 14 management techniques for improving soil health:
diversify crop rotations, plant cover crops, diversify cover crops,
maximize living roots, grow living plants, manage carbon, use interseeding,
plant green, enhance soil armor, manage nutrients, manage manure, manage
pests, avoid compaction, and integrate crops and livestock.
[image: Soil Health in Field and Forage Crop Production]
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Download Publication here: http://extension.psu.edu/publications/ee0174/view
For more information*, *you may contact Sjoerd Duiker at: [log in to unmask]
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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