Title: Cover Crops and Green Manures
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Cover Crops and Green Manures

Publish Date: September 08 2011 |    Pub Number: W235G |    Language: English

Publish Date: September 08 2011

Pub Number: W235G

Language: English

Author(s): Sarah Elizabeth Broughton | Annette Wszelaki
Category: Farms & Crop Production
Subjects: Sustainable Agriculture, Soil, Organic
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Abstract

Cover crops protect soil from erosion, suppress weeds, enhance structural stability, conserve water, and preserve nutrients, serving multiple farming niches and reducing water runoff and soil erosion.

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