On his farm in Bangor, Sask. Garry Richards uses what he calls a cover crop cocktail, which is a cover crop that has many plant species in it.
For example, one of his blends is, in pounds per acre: 1.0 turnip, 1.0 radish, 2.0 buckwheat, 2.0 sunflower, 5.0 millet, 25.0 peas, 2.0 annual ryegrass, 25.0 oats, 25.0 winter triticale, 2.0 Hairy Vetch, 0.5 red clover.
The Western Producer talked to Richards after his presentation at the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association annual meeting.
Here he describes how he uses this cover crop.
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