Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )
Author: Andy Clark
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437903797

Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.

Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping

Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping
Author: Seth Kroeck
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603583467

In Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping, you can learn some of the thinking behind—and the actual nuts and bolts of—laying out a rotation for your farm. This volume, part of the NOFA guides, covers: Historical roots of cover-crop techniques Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops) What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings) The economics of rotations and cover cropping (organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs) Including on-farm examples and detailed appendices.

Cover Cropping in Vineyards

Cover Cropping in Vineyards
Author: Chuck A. Ingels
Publisher: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781879906358

This guide features cutting-edge methods for using cover crops to enhance vineyard performance. Based on extensive research, this guide details technical and theoretical information on how cover crops affect vineyards and promote ecological stability. With how-to instructions for activities such as field application, this practical reference is a must-have for vineyard owners, managers, consultants, and pest control advisers.

Crop Rotation on Organic Farms

Crop Rotation on Organic Farms
Author: Charles L. Mohler
Publisher: Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2009
Genre: Crop rotation
ISBN: 9781933395210

Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture for Educators, Producers and Other Agricultural Professionals

Source Book of Sustainable Agriculture for Educators, Producers and Other Agricultural Professionals
Author: Valerie Berton
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 137
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0788148281

Contains more than 500 entries on various informational products -- reports, newsletters,videos, World Wide Web sites, & conference proceedings -- & how to obtain them. Each entry in designed for ease of use, displaying all the information needed to research a topic. A set of ten icons tells at a glance the subject of each entry: agroforestry, animal production, cover crops, horticulture, grain production, marketing & farm profitability, nutrient management, soil quality & conservation, education & networking, & water quality & conservation. Indexed by subject, author, video, & organization. Comprehensive!

The Cover Crop Guide for Northern Climate Farmers

The Cover Crop Guide for Northern Climate Farmers
Author: Brandon Meiners
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Cover crops
ISBN:

The use of cover crops in agriculture to enhance soil health, and, thus, increase crop health, is a well-known practice and has been a part of agriculture for thousands of years. Over the past century, however, cover crop usage diminished in America, due in large part, to the adoption of many modern farm technologies. Recently, the numbers of farmers using cover crops and the number of acres being planted in cover crops have been on the rise. The term "cover crop" has even become a buzzword within the agricultural industry. Despite the growing trend, overall usage in North America continues to be minimal. The goal of this project is to increase the likelihood that farmers will adopt cover cropping, thus increasing the total number of farms and acres on which cover crops are planted. The Cover crop guide for northern climate farmers aims to remove the limiting factors that prevent farmers from using cover crops by providing an easy to use, easy to understand guidebook, and potentially, a mobile device application, that will educate and guide farmers. This will be achieved through the guide's ability to provide information needed for farmer to incorporate cover crops easily, successfully, and sustainably. As more farmers use the guidebook, it can be expected that confidence of success will increase m,leading to an increase in the number of farmers using cover crops successfully. Rapid growth in the number of acres of cover crops being seeded each year is expected as barriers are reduced through the use of the guidebook.

New England Gardener's Handbook

New England Gardener's Handbook
Author: Jacqueline Heriteau
Publisher: Gardener's Handbook
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1591865441

New England Gardener's Handbook is written by popular gardening experts who include their collective wisdom in one complete guide for New England gardeners. In addition to the hundreds of hardy plants in eleven different plant categories, there are monthly to-do calendars assisting gardeners with the proper care and timing for everything from planting to pruning. Full-color photos for each plant and helpful illustrations and charts make this an easy-to-use resource for all New England gardeners with expert advice for home gardeners in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.