EVANSVILLE, Ind.—There are now new products on the market to help bring value to your crop.
Hood River Seed, through their Essential Science line-up of proprietary varieties and Terre Gold cover crop mixtures, is bringing products selected to:
* reduce the need for external inputs for fertility
* reduce weed and pest pressure
* control soil erosion and improve water quality
* increase biodiversity
* decrease disease and nematode pressures
* positively impact soil health
Cover crops are seeing a surge of interest. They can be planted post harvest or in a crop rotation to improve soil quality and long term productivity and profitability. Bret Winsett, Hood River Seed’s National Sales Manager, can help determine what mix of cover crop species work best together depending on the end result the farmer wants to achieve.
Cover crops are a long-term investment in soil productivity. Farmers who buy cover crop seed tend to be more satisfied with the performance of their crop. Cover crops enhance the whole farm’s profitability by giving producers the best yield on their crop acre. Every Farmer knows soil health is key. Cover crops minimize soil disturbance, keep soils covered, energize the soil with plant diversity and maximize the living roots to feed the soil biology.
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