Episode 132: Diverse Cover Crop Systems with Keith Berns

[@joshuafinch9192]

To John's question about taking the lessons from diverse covers to cash crops: over in the EU, we just finished up a EU led focus group on "crop associations." This is a term the EU commission has used as an umbrella for everything from cover crops and intercrops to agroforestry. Soon the report and minipapers from our time together will be public. There is a fair bit of interest in going down this route along with a pretty good amount of practice, at least for early adopter types, to engage with. Most of my work is paid for through EU development funds and part of that is leading a pilot silvoarable system where everything is a crop association of some kind. And none of it would have been possible from my end without Green Cover Seed and AEA freely sharing so much information over the years. Thank you!

[@marynunn1708]

Great questions. Great answers. Great insights. Great people. Thanks!

[@ryecarlson7867]

To change the farming ecosystem, I think farmers need more than anything to be told how to do regenerative farming in their context without losing or gaining yield.

[@projectmalus]

Great ending, thanks for the excellent show.

[@paulbray3594]

Until the flood, God didnt use rain to flourish the Garden. What a concept Mr Science. As for me and mine, refocusing back on creation biology and chemistry as a backup is easier. Purdue Ag horticulture '82.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

When you guys are talking about herbicide, do you mean glyphosate?