Organic Principles and Practices Handbook
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Book 2
Part of the NOFA guides. This volume covers:
Historical roots of cover-crop techniquesThinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops)What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings)The economics of rotations and cover cropping (organizing your work, reducing labor inputs, land and cover-crop seed costs)Including on-farm examples and detailed appendices.