Free Webinar Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health Thursday, December 16, 2010 Noon Central Standard Time No-till farming is an increasingly popular way to manage farmland. Instead of plowing a field after the crop is harvested, farmers leave the stubble on the ground and plant the new crop directly into this cover in the spring. But many approaches to no-till farming involve significant use of herbicides to control weeds. Innovative farmers throughout the grain belt have developed more sustainable no-till approaches to reduce their use of herbicides. To explore these innovations, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA), and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are jointly presenting a special webinar on Thursday, December 16th. The free webinar will feature four case studies of grain farmers in North Dakota who are successfully using mixes of cover crop species that help keep fields covered in the winter and reduce weed infestations. These cover crops are then plowed under or interseeded with the new crop in the spring. The webinar will address how multi-species cover crops can be used to improve soil health, increase biological diversity, and benefit the bottom line in no-till grain operations. An increasing number of grain farmers are experimenting with these “cocktails” of cover crops such as legumes, grasses, and companion crops to keep the soil covered year-round. The main presenter for the webinar is Jay Fuhrer, District Conservationist with USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in Bismarck, North Dakota. Fuhrer will present four on-farm case studies from North Dakota that illustrate how farmers use cover crop “cocktails” to enhance crop production and livestock forage in no-till grain operations. Susan Tallman, a Certified Crop Adviser with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, will introduce Fuhrer and help answer questions from listeners at the end of the webinar. Please share this announcement with others in your organization, and then join us on December 16th for this informative free webinar. Click on the link below to register. Innovative No-Till Webinar registration:
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