KCAU ABC9 News At 10pm October 20, 2015
Soil has s lot of phosphorus and potassium and our crops, soybeans and corn, have a difficict time extracting those from soil. But he says cover crops help. This year. Hes testing out radishes d field peas. Tillage radish and field peas have an easier time getting it out of the soil. So they absorb it into the plant. And when they die they release it back out and then the soybean and the corn can get the nutrient easier now because its in a more organic form, said john cover crops increase the number of organisms living in the soil. It also reduces erosion. And cuts the amount of nitrates that...
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