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Cover Crops Fall 2020

Feb 12, 2021

Video: Cover Crops Fall 2020


Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association

- Have you been wondering about cover crops? Bart Lardner and his research team have been studying these crops since 2003! In this video, he describes the nutritional content of the poly crops he’s studied, and their comparison to barley.

- How to polycrops measure up with barley? Which crop has the greater yield? What about the nutritional content? Does the soil really see an improvement?

- Thinking of growing a cover crop? Dr. Bart Lardner has a few suggestions, including the reasons why you should test your crop for nutrition, why yield might be lower for polycrops (and how that might be avoided), and why you should always make a Plan B.