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. estimating a return on investment. Liz Juchems and Jamie . Benning. Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. Voluntary, science-based . State goal of 45. % . reduction of . Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P. ). 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 . 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. Cover bare ground preventing erosion, loss of soil from wind & water. Fixes N, making it available for succeeding cash crop. Keep P & N in your system. Bradford Research Center. Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science. University of Missouri. Soil Quality/Health Assessment . and Management in Conservation Agriculture. 2013. . The Year of Soil Health for the USDA- NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service). Commercial Ag Program . Crops Economist. Presentation Objective. I cannot give an answer of whether or not growing cover crops are a good economic decision!. What I can give. Discussion of valuation of benefits. 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. Cover Crops: Are crops planted between main crops to prevent erosion or to enrich the soil.. A Cocktail cover crop is a mixture of different types of plant seeds. . . Seven Benefits of Cover Crops. 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.. 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.. Nitrogen Concentration and Nitrogen Mineralization by Nonleguminous cover crops: Applications to central Oregon cropping systems Crop and Soil Science Department Joshua Neuman Overview Presentation focused on lab incubation of nonleguminous cover crops 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 A cover crop is any plant that has been seeded . in addition to a cash crop in order to gain environmental and economic benefits. . One of the main goals of cover crops in Iowa is to protect the soil when corn and soybeans are not actively growing on the landscape..