Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm |
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| Author:
| Kroeck, Seth |
| Illustrator:
| Langer, Jocelyn |
| Series title: | Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60358-346-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Chelsea Green Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $12.95USD $16.50 |
Book Description:
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In Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping, you can learn some of the thinking behind--and the actual nuts and bolts of--laying out a rotation for your farm.
This volume, part of the NOFA guides, covers:
- Historical roots of cover-crop techniques
- Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops)
- What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings)
- The...
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In Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping, you can learn some of the thinking behind--and the actual nuts and bolts of--laying out a rotation for your farm.
This volume, part of the NOFA guides, covers:
- Historical roots of cover-crop techniques
- Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops)
- What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings)
- The economics of rotations and cover cropping (organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs)
Including on-farm examples and detailed appendices.