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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
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Save and Grow
Sustainable Crop Production Intensification
Frederick Thomas and Matthew Archambeaud
Publishing France Agricole, 306 pages
Prefaces Soltner Dominique and Michel Griffon

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 alsothe 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.
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