Role of Cover Crops in Converting Perennial Pasture to Vegetable Ground
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2009: $174,295.73
Projected End Date: 12/31/2012
Grant Recipient: Practical Farmers of Iowa
Region: North Central
State: Minnesota
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Description:
This research report from Practical Farmers of Iowa summarizes the effects of two cover crops or no cover crop on numbers of weeds and compaction measured by soil density in a vegetable crop following a transition from a pasture.
Type:
Fact Sheet
File:
Download file (PDF)
Target audiences:
Farmers/Ranchers; Educators; Researchers
Ordering info:
Cost: $0.00
This product is associated with the project "Farmer field school approach to increasing cover crop adoption in Iowa and Minnesota"