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Conservation Tillage
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Cover Crops

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  • A clover mixture cover crop

    Cover Crops for Alabama

    Learn about cover crops grown to benefit the following crop or soil and how to choose the right ones. Cover crops are planted in the off-...
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  • Farm machinery planting rows of wheat on a windy spring day in the fertile farm fields of Idaho.

    An Introduction to the Carbon Market

    There has been quite a bit of discussion about the carbon market over the past year within the agricultural community. The concept of buying...
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  • Drill planting in high-residue systems.

    Where are Cover Crops and No-till Methods Used in Alabama?

    The re-emergence of carbon credits has drawn a lot of attention as the new year begins. Carbon markets are programs in which companies pay f...
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  • A field of crimson clover planted as a cover crop.

    Cover Crops: Legumes

    Winter Pea Pisum sativum: Producers should plant winter pea in September. Winter pea grows on a vine, similar to vetch. This cold-hardy, a...
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  • Tractor rolling rye.

    Cereal Cover Crop Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer

    A winter cover crop can benefit the soil and/or subsequent crop, but cover crops are not harvested for feed or sold as a commodity (Figure 1...
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  • Tractor spraying a field of wheat. Fertilizing cover crops

    Crops Webinar: Fertilizing Cover Crops

    Dennis Delaney, an Alabama Extension specialist, discusses the importance of fertilizing cover crops.   ...
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  • field of clover

    Cover Crop Systems

    In this video, Audrey Gamble, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System soil scientist, discusses the importance of cover crop systems in row ...
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  • Figure 3. Rye cover crop. (Photo credit: United States Department of Agriculture National Soil Dynamics Laboratory)

    Management Considerations Rye Cover Crop Production

    Cover crops are an investment much like any other input for agricultural operations. In order for producers to maximize their return...
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  • man kneeling in soybean field

    Financial Assistance

    Producers implementing conservation techniques on-farm are eligible for financial assistance through the United States Department of Agricul...
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  • Canola is an alternative cover crop for producers.

    Cover Crops: Other Options

    Canola/Rapeseed Brassica napus: Canola/rapeseed is a winter annual. Producers should plant canola between September and early October when ...
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