Managing Cover Crops in an Arid Region: A Farmer's Perspective
Webinar Details
When:
Aug 8, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:59 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Jimmy Emmons, Oklahoma Soil Health Innovator and Producer, Leedey, OK
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
Virtual Event Format:
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This webinar will focus on managing cover crops to improve soil health in a fragile, arid region of western Oklahoma by integrating livestock and multi-species covers into a diverse no-till cropping and grazing system to increase water and nutrient cycling.
Water is often the limiting factor in both cropping and grazing systems in Oklahoma with an annual rainfall of less than 27 inches. Many producers are hesitant to adopt soil health management systems over concerns of cover crops using too much water, thereby taking away from what would be available to the cash crop. Jimmy Emmons, Dewey County, OK, farmer and rancher will discuss how using a diverse crop rotation that includes multi-species cover crops and the integration of livestock into his system have improved the health of his soils. His system on cropland includes no-till cropping, cover crops, and allowing livestock to graze cover crops, all resulting in increased soil organic matter. He will also discuss his use of multi-paddock grazing on the rangeland he manages.
This webinar is presented by the USDA NRCS Soil Health Division.
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