How I Manage Cover Crop Desiccation on Wet Soils This year’s excessively wet soils are actually more likely to be dried by the presence of cover crops than kept wetter. However, it’s crucial that sun and wind are allowed to reach the soil surface to ensure adequate drying before drilling. Many cover crops may have …
Responding to the challenges of climate change and extreme weather with versatile varieties Although it’s fair to say that growing cereal crops in the western half of Scotland has always been a challenge with unpredictable weather and a shorter growing season, it’s now apparent that “tough” is becoming “very tough” following two out of …
FROM HUTCHINSONS Catch and cover crop choices play significant part in positive transition to Sustainable Farming Initiative When any new technique is employed its initial benchmark for success is a measure of the financial return it provides over the technique it replaces or enhances. In that respect cover crops have had a rocky start in …
