Farming Video | Are Cover Crops Worth It? Soil Health, ROI & Species Selection

Why would you spend money planting a crop you can't sell? That's the question Kelly Garrett is asking as he kicks off XtremeAg's new Cover Crop Series with TJ Kartes of Bio-Till. Standing in a five-way cover crop mix on Kelly's western Iowa farm, the two get into what these plants are actually doing below ground and whether the benefits justify the cost. Kelly's got cattle to graze his covers, but what about farmers who don't? And when it comes to corn-on-corn acres, could choosing the right species make more of a difference than just getting something green in the field? Kelly and TJ dig into some interesting possibilities that might have you rethinking your cover crop plan.

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