Farming With Nature

Utilisation of crop covers: Implications for conservation agriculture systems


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Many South African grain producers remain reluctant to integrate cover crops in rainfed systems since cover crops replace cash crops leading to financial losses. Andrew Ardington and Henk de Beer discuss how cover crop mixtures and the utilisation of cover crops truly affect soil quality, the quality and quantity of the mulch as well as wheat produced in the subsequent years.

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