Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and land management


Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the link to the next podcast from Cover Crop Strategies on Wider Rows Leaves Space for Cover Crops.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

Amir Kassam

Moderator

Global CA-CoP

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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture

 

Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance (no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with all other farm operations including harvesting);  (ii) permanent maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops); and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops), along with other complementary good agricultural production and land management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems, agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation Tillage, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own (more at: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).


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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 at 23:02
Subject: [Podcast] Wider Rows Leaves Space for Cover Crops
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Hello Amir,

The next episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast is now available. Listen to the full episode now >>

Doubling row populations in 60-inch corn allows growers to experiment with cover crops, companion crops, and grazing livestock.

In this episode, "Wider Rows Leaves Space for Cover Crops," retired John Deere engineer and farm consultant Bob Recker provides insight on ways to boost soil health without taking fields out of production.

Thanks for listening,

Sarah Hill
Associate Editor, Cover Crop Strategies
16655 W. Wisconsin Ave, Brookfield, WI 53005
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