Understanding Soil Health and Dual Purpose Cover Crops

August 24, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

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Soil health is rooted in a comprehensive farm management strategy. Knowing how to utilize natural soil heal stimulants to maximize crop production is an objective of Aaron Hird, Nebraska's NRCS state soil health specialist.

Hird shares soil health principals promoted by the NRCS including the use of dual purpose cover crops for grazing as well as other opportunities to enhance a strip-till system.

 

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KEYWORDS 2017 National Strip-Tillage Conference Aaron Hird cover crops farm management strategy nstc soil health soil health specialist strip-till system

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