PPT-Cover Crops and Soil Health

Collin Thompson September 262015 Why Soil Health Matters HunterGatherer Perennial Agriculture Horticultural Mechanical Industrial ECOLOGICAL Healthy Soils Healthy People Methods at The North Farm. of Cover Crops . Soil Erosion, Nutrient and Pesticide Reduction . Bob Broz - Extension Water Quality Specialist. 205 Ag Engineering . brozr@missouri.edu . Environmental Concerns Associated with Agriculture . List . four things to consider when choosing a site for a vegetable garden.. Draw a simple garden plan that allows for successive planting of early and late harvest vegetables. .. Describe the steps in maintaining a vegetable garden.. Chad Lentz. Why Care?. Removes valuable topsoil. Carries away expensive nutrients. Increase tillage costs to fix. Creates algae blooms and dead zones due to excess nutrients in waterways. Types of Erosion. and. Conservation Tillage. Steve Groff. Holtwood, PA. www.cedarmeadowfarm.com. Cover Crops. Crop rotation. Permanent mulch cover. . Enhancing the Environment. Permanent. . Cover Cropping System. Clare . Lindahl. , Executive Director. Conservation Districts of Iowa. Applied and received funding from the National Wildlife Federation in August, 2013 for the Cover Crop Champion Commissioner Program.. Pair up and discuss your 3 ideas for enterprises and . give reasoning . based on your resource evaluation. As . a listener, give feedback. Which enterprise struck you as most feasible initially?. Which enterprise was your partner most excited about?. Ray Wright . Research Specialist. University of Missouri -Columbia. Bradford Mission: . The Bradford Research Center Provides land, equipment and facilities for research at the plant/ soil/environmental interface through field laboratory settings.. Do cover crops pay?. Objectives. Identify the costs of planting cover crops. Explore the benefits and returns. How do costs and benefits add up?. Long-term and off-farm benefits. Resources for funding. Two and four . stage . roller can maintain specific adjustable crimping . force that . is independent of operating . speeds. Prototypes are built . Applications. A device to terminate cover crops in a no-till system on a large or small scale farming operations.. Global food production. World agricultural production has risen faster than human population. .. Figure 9.1. Global food security. However, the world still has . 800 million hungry people, largely due to inadequate distribution. Session 4 Estimating Nitrogen Credits Outline Factors effecting nitrogen content of cover crop Factors effecting cover crop nitrogen availability to cash crop Major steps to estimating nitrogen credits Searching for an effective ways to wash your duvet covers? Here, Hello Laundry share some ideas for bedding items and duvet cover cleaning. Brian Caldwell. Outline. What are the farmers goals/needs for their soil? . (Brian and Elsa) 5 . min. Nutrient building (Elsa) . 20 min. Soil tests and . recommendations (Brian and Elsa) 5 min. Nutrients . Approaches for water conservation. Harvesting Water. 1.Increasing infiltration. During strong rains, only apart of the water infiltrates into the soil. A considerable part flows away as surface runoff, thus being lost for the crop. In order to get as much of the available rainwater into the soil, the infiltration of rain water needs to be increased..