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Cover crops are proven to feed the microbes that are essential to healthy soils. But there’s more to the story.

Dr. Andrew McGuire of Washington State University shares his “2018 Cover Crop
Monoculture vs Mixture Update.”

If improving the health of your soil and forage system are on your 2019 to-do list, cover crops are worth investigating.

Practical Farmers of Iowa has released their 2014-15 Research Trial Report, and it shows Mighty Mustard® Kodiak (brown mustard) as being a very strong performer in both biomass production and weed/pathogen suppression among other cover crops in the Midwest growing regions.

When it comes to cover crops, is it more beneficial to plant monocrops or cocktails? Dr. Andy McGuire from WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources digs into the latest research and uncovers the facts in his two-part article.

Diane Green, esteemed organic farmer and owner of Greentree Naturals Certified Organic Farm in Sandpoint, ID, shared the following results from 2014.

Diane Green, esteemed organic farmer, educator and owner of Greentree Naturals
Certified Organic Farm, grows Mighty Mustard® for multiple reasons: to build biomass, increase soil fertility and serve as a trap crop.