Using Sheep to Terminate Cover Crops
Using domestic sheep rather than traditional farming equipment to manage fallow and terminate cover crops may enable farmers who grow organic crops to save money, reduce tillage, manage weeds and pests, and reduce the risk of soil erosion, according to Montana State University and North Dakota State University researchers who are working on a USDA NIFA funded project: Reducing Tillage in Organic Crop Systems: Ecological and Economic Impacts of Targeted Sheep Grazing on Cover Crops and Weed management, Soil Health and Stability, Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
To learn more about the project, read on the Montana State University website :
http://www.montana.edu/news/15433/msu-organic-farming-study-finds-diverse-benefits-using-sheep
The project team has also created a video about their project which is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5w25UgWMTs&feature=youtu.be
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