Cover Crops For Sustainable Farming

Author : Eric Justes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9402409858

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Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming by Eric Justes Pdf

This study, based on a literature review and simulations, shows the efficiency of cover crops at catching nitrate in most agriculture situations. It also analyzes both the negative impacts they can have and the ecosystem services they can provide. The introduction of a cover crop between two main crops helps catch the soil mineral nitrogen before the period of drainage and consequently reduces nitrate leaching and nitrate concentration in the drainage water. This study allows quantifying the efficiency of cover crops at catching nitrate and optimizing their implantation conditions over a large range of French pedoclimatic conditions. The presence of high nitrate levels in surface and ground waters, due to excessive nitrogen fertilization and natural production of nitrate by soil organic matter mineralization, is a double challenge for public health and environment protection.

Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437903799

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Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. ) by Andy Clark Pdf

Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.

Author : Rafiq Islam,Bradford Sherman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000407112

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Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture by Rafiq Islam,Bradford Sherman Pdf

This book will not serve as the "encyclopedia of cover crop management," but it’s close. The benefits of a wide range of individual cover crops and blends/mixes for specific agronomic crop rotations and geographic locations are included. Descriptions, photographs, and illustrations show how cover crops look in the field, including plant height, leaf architecture, and rooting patterns. Long term benefits are described for soil health, soil structure, water quality, nutrient contributions, soil biodiversity, air quality and climate change. In addition to the "whys" of cover crop use, the book includes details on the "hows:" how to choose cover crops for specific applications and locations; how (and when) to plant; how to manage and maintain the cover for maximum benefit; and how and when to terminate. Planting options include: drilling/planting between rows of an agronomic crop at planting time, or when the crop is short (i.e. corn in early June); "aerial" seeding with an airplane or high-clearance machine shortly before the crop reaches maturity; and drilling/planting immediately after harvest of the agronomic crop. Selected cover crops (blends) can help with pest and disease management. Cover crops are an economic input with an expected return on investment, similar to pesticides and fertilizer. As part of a continuous no-till system, cover crops provide long-term biological, chemical and structural benefits. The resulting increase in soil organic matter means the agronomic crop yields benefit from better water infiltration and water holding capacity, greater availability of nitrogen and other nutrients, deeper rooting, and increased soil microbial activity in the root zone.

Author : Eric Justes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789402409864

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Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming by Eric Justes Pdf

This study, based on a literature review and simulations, shows the efficiency of cover crops at catching nitrate in most agriculture situations. It also analyzes both the negative impacts they can have and the ecosystem services they can provide. The introduction of a cover crop between two main crops helps catch the soil mineral nitrogen before the period of drainage and consequently reduces nitrate leaching and nitrate concentration in the drainage water. This study allows quantifying the efficiency of cover crops at catching nitrate and optimizing their implantation conditions over a large range of French pedoclimatic conditions. The presence of high nitrate levels in surface and ground waters, due to excessive nitrogen fertilization and natural production of nitrate by soil organic matter mineralization, is a double challenge for public health and environment protection.

Author : Pam Dawling
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781550925128

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Sustainable Market Farming by Pam Dawling Pdf

Growing for 100 - the complete year-round guide for the small-scale market grower. Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce. But most of the available resources on food production are aimed at the backyard or hobby gardener who wants to supplement their family's diet with a few homegrown fruits and vegetables. Targeted at serious growers in every climate zone, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on a few acres. Informed by the author's extensive experience growing a wide variety of fresh, organic vegetables and fruit to feed the approximately one hundred members of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, this practical guide provides: Detailed profiles of a full range of crops, addressing sowing, cultivation, rotation, succession, common pests and diseases, and harvest and storage Information about new, efficient techniques, season extension, and disease resistant varieties Farm-specific business skills to help ensure a successful, profitable enterprise Whether you are a beginning market grower or an established enterprise seeking to improve your skills, Sustainable Market Farming is an invaluable resource and a timely book for the maturing local agriculture movement.

Author : Charles L. Mohler,Sue Ellen Johnson
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crop rotation
ISBN : 1933395214

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Crop Rotation on Organic Farms by Charles L. Mohler,Sue Ellen Johnson Pdf

Author : Seth Kroeck
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603583466

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Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping by Seth Kroeck Pdf

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.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cover crops
ISBN : 9780889368521

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Cover Crops in West Africa by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Cover Crops in West Africa Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture

Author : Jerry L. Hatfield,Thomas J. Sauer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891188537

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Soil Management by Jerry L. Hatfield,Thomas J. Sauer Pdf

Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management, building on our well-established and ever-expanding scientific understanding of soils. Soil management concepts have been in place since the cultivation of crops, but we need to rediscover the principles that are linked together in effective soil management. This book is unique because of its treatment of soil management based on principles—the physical, chemical, and biological processes and how together they form the foundation for soil management processes that range from tillage to nutrient management. Whether new to soil science or needing a concise reference, readers will benefit from this book's ability to integrate the science of soils with management issues and long-term conservation efforts.

Author : Daniel Buckles,Bernard Triomphe,Gustavo Sain,International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : 9780889368415

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Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture by Daniel Buckles,Bernard Triomphe,Gustavo Sain,International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Pdf

Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer innovation with Mucuna

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cover crops
ISBN : WISC:89046848891

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Managing Cover Crops Profitably by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sustainable Agriculture Network
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCSC:32106017939395

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Managing Cover Crops Profitably by Sustainable Agriculture Network Pdf

Author : Chuck A. Ingels
Publisher : University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 187990635X

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Cover Cropping in Vineyards by Chuck A. Ingels Pdf

This guide features cutting-edge methods for using cover crops to enhance vineyard performance. Based on extensive research, this guide details technical and theoretical information on how cover crops affect vineyards and promote ecological stability. With how-to instructions for activities such as field application, this practical reference is a must-have for vineyard owners, managers, consultants, and pest control advisers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cover crops
ISBN : 1601073976

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Cover Crops for Walnut Orchards by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048187416

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Genetic Engineering, Biofertilisation, Soil Quality and Organic Farming by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.