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Podcast: The Tillage Edge
Episode: The Function and Benefits of Cover Crops
Description: The function and benefits of cover crops on your farm is the topic on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast and Michael Hennessy was joined by Richie Hackett, Teagasc Oak Park, to find out more.
Richie explained that these crops can catch nutrients such as nitrate (and slow the overland flow of soil thus reducing phosphorus runoff), can protect or enhance the soil, can contribute nutrients to the next year’s crop and can also provide forage for animals.
The amount of organic matter added by a cover crop will depend on how much growth the cover crop made but in ge...