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Farmers practicing soil health say the road to soil health is a journey and not a destination, as you are constantly learning. “Cotton & Covers,” follows the soil health journey of three (3) coastal plain cotton producers.
Strip-till and subsoiling are common practices for cotton production in the coastal plain soils of the southeast. Both systems cause soil disturbance and use a lot of fuel.
Adding cover crops to a cropping system can increase organic matter, control problem weeds, & help reduce moisture evaporation. How do you get started? In this episode, Zeb Winslow, Sonny Price, Burton Heatwole, & Buz Kloot talk about just that!
Do multispecies cover crops really make a difference and how can I tell? According to Zeb Winslow of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, Sonny Price of Dillon, South Carolina, and Burton Heatwole of Millen, Georgia, the answer is “yes.”
Zeb Winslow, Sonny Price, and Burton talk about harvesting sunlight to feed soil biology in their fields, using the 60- to 70-day window of time after corn or wheat harvest to accelerate soil health by producing biomass above the ground.
Allowing livestock to graze cover crops is often considered the fifth principle of soil health. While livestock might consume a lot of forage, most of the nutrient content passes through and is deposited back on to the field.
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