Dealing With Drought: Securing Nitrogen with Cover Crops
Date: Monday, August 20th, 2012
Start: 10:00 am
Location: Online webinar
Contact: Dave Robison, dave@plantcovercrops.com
The drought of 2012 has forced many Midwest growers to make the difficult decision to give up on the crop and prepare the land for next year. The consequence? Significant amounts of unused nitrogen remain in the soil.
Planting a cover crop makes it possible to secure nitrogen in the field, reduce runoff, and recycle some nitrogen for use next season. With this in mind, CropLife Media Group is presenting a Cover Crop Webinar that will last around 1 hour with a Q/A session afterwards.
Presenters include:
- Tom Kaspar, plant physiologist, USDA-ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa
- John Meisinger, soil scientist, Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland
- Dave Robison, forage and cover crop agronomist, Legacy Seeds
Related information
Archived presentation is here [CropLife website; access is free]
Q&A from the webinar [PDF]
Midwest Cover Crops Council website
Plant Cover Crops blog by Dave Robson
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