Top 10 Ways Cover Crops Build Soil Health - Rob Myers

This presentation will cover the top 10 ways that cover crops can improve soil health. More specifically, information will be provided on how cover crops affect soil biology, organic matter, physical and chemical properties, and overall health. Examples include the role of cover crops with nutrient dynamics, biodiversity, soil aeration and structure, and soil carbon. Connections between crops, livestock, and soil health will be discussed as well how other management practices relate to cover crops and soil health.
This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at www.sare.org/covercropconferen....
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.

[@uziao]

Thank you for this great teaching :) greetings from Brasil ^.^ Soil is meant to be forrest :D

[@WillToWinvlog]

Great upload! This confirmed what I suspected!

[@thewanderer9740]

Furrowing the soil was an art we have forgotten, to be able to till part of the land for planting in narrow channels of non tilled land.

[@Bigdaddyluv68]

Many have seen great results using no till drills.

[@rajendrachoudhary5146]

Thanks for Video ,it explained with details

[@masonkoller8962]

This man is a great speaker

[@kevinmcgrath1052]

Excellent video

[@robertreznik9330]

In this area the soil and sun is to cold to grow cover crops! Cover crops have to take the place of crops that take CO2 from the air. Strip till and no till is what most use here! Putting cattle out is a sure way to lower SOM and cause more water runoff, less to grow plants and roots and more nutrient removal.

[@larrysbrain1627]

I love these kinds of videos!

[@iikmubarakachmad3054]

but illuminati don't like it

[@susanr5546]

Read "The Soil Will Save Us", by Kristin Ohlson, a wonderful book. Dr. Myers is familiar with it.

[@atanashristov4148]

Any Idea which cover crops to look for Europe. I can imagene there are different ones with different traits, or maybe some interesting combinations...

[@SAREOutreach1]

Check out www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition for some ideas, Atanas. The cover crops and management guidelines listed may or may not be appropriate for your situation.

[@devinjohnson7272]

15:35 if the soil was fully saturated (completely wet) wouldn't it retain it's water for a longer period of time?.. I can see how it would help and how it wouldn't, but wouldn't it just depend on the type/quality of the soil and how much regular rainfall/watering happens.. lol that would mean that each farm would need to find out it's own combination of plants.. (no single type or system of planting will work for everyone,every farm is run differently)

[@michaelharder9737]

Well maybe it would hold the moisture longer, but a soil with good structure can hold more water prior to saturation. This should give you a better reserve of moisture for drought times, and make the crop more resilient against drowning in wet conditions. As far as blends go, people will have different preferences for their cover crops. Generally you want to make sure you have all three of: brassica, grass, legume. Disease resilience strongly increases once the blend gets up to 8+ species too.

[@golfmasterhyeseong-jin]

so is"s good for the soil

[@terrybrunk9190]

Wheat was a great way to rejuvenate soil in my area,until prices plummeted. Cover Crops are making a push now.

[@joemcglue2881]

will lawn grass work in similar ways please reply thank you

[@SAREOutreach1]

For tips on managing your lawn, please contact your local cooperative extension office.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

No

[@thatamerican3187]

Yep. You want a mulching blade on your Mower. Every other time you Mow leave the cut grass on the ground. The in-betweens you turn into compost with Grass and Brown leaves. If It's summer go get some manure from your nearest dairy farm. After that's mature you can add water, and turn it into a fertilizer spray.

[@Bigdaddyluv68]

Because science

[@GEMINDIGO]

Apparently worms prefer a cover crop rather than a mulch

[@cracklypete]

Actually, they love decomposing mulch bc it is easy to navigate. It turns to soil very quickly, with beneficials all over the place

[@joilsongomes5]

after the creation of fast cheap food we decided to say lets feed them up!!!!! we forgot that the earth needs to be fed so it can feed us. spraying shit with planes and having tractors running around doesnt make it.