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Cover Crops: Beyond the Field and in the Garden
Cover crops aren’t just for your fields anymore, they are beneficial to your garden, too. The University of Illinois Extension said using cover crops in the home garden has many benefits, including soil structure, drawing nutrients up from deep in the soil, and increasing soil fertility. Cove ...
USDA: Rye and Winter Wheat Most Common Cover Crops
USDA: Rye and Winter Wheat Most Common Cover Crops
The USDA's Economic Research Service said farmers utilizing cover crops most commonly choose rye grass or winter wheat. Researchers reported which cover crops were grown the fall before planting corn, cotton, and soybeans. For corn fields intended for use as grain or silage in data from 2016, more than 90% of acres with cover crops used a grass or small grain cover crop, such as rye, winter wheat

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