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Cover Crops Provide Forage and Improve Soil

High Plains Public Radio

Published August 25, 2015 at 4:00 AM CDT

The Thompson Farm and Ranch straddles the Kansas-Nebraska line. Drought in this region is entering its fourth year. The Thompson family uses no-till practices to grow dryland wheat and corn and also run cows. They went no-till in 2000 and several years ago started using cover crops, instead of continuing to leave a field fallow. The first cover crop surpassed their expectations — providing forage for cattle and improving the soil.

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Michael Thompson
Farmer/Rancher
Thompson Farm & Ranch
Norton, KS

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