Diversity, Resilience and Manure Management with Cover Crops
Channel: Livestock & Poultry Environ. Learning Community
Date: 2015-06-16

More case studies at: http://www.extension.org/73057 A former ag teacher, Keith Berns understands that you need to be open to multiple ways of achieving a goal. His desire to build resilience into his farm system led to a business selling cover crop seeds that emphasize diversity. He outlines several scenarios where he uses cover crops on his farm and also several ways his seed customers utilize diverse cover crop and annual forage mixes. High stocking densities naturally incorporate manure, and residue helps conserve and hold valuable moisture during/after extreme rainfall events. [Nebraska/Kansas]
Recorded at Waste to Worth 2015 in Seattle Washington.