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SE IL and SW IN | "Many of the issues you bring of are solved by winter kill cover crops. 2019 with all the PP the soil and water had a cover crop program. There wasn't alot of local producer participation until it allowed a winter kill cover crop." STFB
I would point out that a winter kill cover crop in lieu of a cash crop does little for the long term gains of a "soil health" program. However the "soil health" purists would also remind you that even my long term NT corn/multi-species cover program does not meet the requirements of true "soil health". We pulled hundreds of soil cores across my farm a few years ago and concluded that carbon sequestration of a measurable amount was accomplished only when we grew nearly continuous corn with a planned cover program planted green. A lack or a cover, tillage, or the addition of a year of soybeans was a step backwards.
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Soil water improvements with the long-term use of a winter rye cover crop
