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Cover crop termination timing to help manage soil moisture
Timing of cover crop termination can have significant benefits in wet and dry springs.
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Cover crop termination timing to help manage soil moisture
Timing of cover crop termination can have significant benefits in wet and dry springs.
Check out this story on FarmersAdvance.com: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2021/05/12/cover-crop-termination-timing-help-manage-soil-moisture/4976745001/
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Cover crop termination timing to help manage soil moisture
Timing of cover crop termination can have significant benefits in wet and dry springs.
Early termination helps preserve seedbed soil moisture. If dry conditions are expected, then saving seed-zone moisture is critical. Once killed, the cover crop mulch should reduce evaporation from the soil surface. Photo by Tony Vyn, Purdue University.
Timing of cover crop termination is one of the few management decisions that can be a benefit in either a wet or dry spring. An aggressive cover crop like cereal rye will use 0.8 inches of water per week in early April and increase to 1.2 inches of water per week by early May.
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