WASECA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Cover Crops

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Cover Crops help build healthy soil and increase waters the amount of water that infiltrates into the soil.
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Some of the benefits of planting cover crops are:
1.  Reduces soil erosion.
2. The growing roots of cover crops take up residual soil nitrate from fertilizers and reduces losses into drainage waters.
3. Cover Crops build organic matter and improves soil microbiology.
4. Water quality improves by reducing soil and nutrient runoff.
5.  Cover crops also benefit wildlife by providing winter food and shelter.
6.  Reduces Soil compaction.
7.  Increases nutrient recycling.

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  • Home
  • Our District
    • Waseca SWCD History
    • Conservation Farmer
    • Staff
    • Supervisors/Elects
    • What agency do I contact
    • Links-Agencies & Partners
    • Careers
  • Events Calendar
    • News Release
  • Education
    • Community Involvement
    • Young Conservationists
    • Dairy Princesses
    • Scholarships
    • Learning Conservation
    • U of M Waseca Extension & 4-H Office
  • Grants
    • Clean Water Land & Legacy Amendment
  • Programs & Services
    • Equipment to rent
    • Tree Program
    • Soil Health
  • Projects & Practices
    • Basins
    • Buffers
    • Cover Crops
    • CREP
    • Terraces
    • In Field Tile
    • Water Monitoring
    • Waterways
    • Windbreaks
  • Reports & Plans
    • Agendas, Meetings & Minutes
    • Newsletter
    • District Data Practices Policy
  • Watershed Alliance & Watersheds
    • GBERBA Watershed Alliance
    • Cannon
    • Le Sueur