Definition of cover crop
: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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Just over 90 percent of cropland in the state still goes without cover crops.
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And use cover crops during the off-season, advises George Abawi, Ph.D., a plant pathologist at Cornell University.
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California farmers are currently experimenting with cover crops to hold water and improve soil, and testing ways to recharge aquifers before the new state law bans excessive groundwater pumping.
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And, yes, covering crops with row cover right after planting prevents feeding by many generations of both these pests.
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Lester, the Sacramento-area walnut grower, also plants cover crops.
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Alfalfa and other cover crops have been planted to leech the chemicals from the soil and replace nitrogen.
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One thing Wing envisions is helping harvest the cover crops from the field over the next two years and use them in recipes.
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Typically, farmers aren't harvesting their cover crops.
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First Known Use of cover crop
1899
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