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.

Soil Health in Field and Forage Crop Production

Download Publication here: http://extension.psu.edu/publications/ee0174/view

For more information, you may contact Sjoerd Duiker at: [log in to unmask]


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