The sample on the left-cover, on the right-no till, minimum tillage/no cover. Notice the structure of the cover area and the layers in the no-cover area.
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Cereal Rye after the “Snow-pocalypse 2021.” Two inches of ice with 2.5 inches of snow for 5 days, combined with single digit to sub-zero temperatures. Cereal rye appears very healthy two days after the thawing started. #covercrops#regenerativeagriculture#FarmingTwitter
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Winter mix (oats, annual ryegrass, crimson clover, turnips) is emerging-about 1” tall. Sown on top of the ground on October 8. Received 1” of rain on October 9. Temps have been avg. low of 50/ avg. highs mid-70s.