*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* Plant Production and Protection Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome Italy e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca *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 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);