Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping

By Seth Kroeck

Soil Resiliency and Health on the Organic Farm. Part of the NOFA guides. Covers the historical roots of cover crop techniques. Thinking beyond this season's cash crop to disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops. What is a good rotation- mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings. The economics of rotations and cover cropping- organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs. Also includes on-farm examples and detailed appendices.>~section~