How to Permanently Repair Fragipan Soils Without Tillage | Griggs Farms
Soil Health
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50m
Matt has Dr. Lloyd Murdock, a renowned soil scientist, out on his farm to look at the progress he's made using cover crops to repair his soils after decades of monocropping and plowing. More specifically, he's looking to see what 9 years of including annual ryegrass in the cover crop mix has done in dissolving the naturally occurring fragipans that cover millions of acres in the U.S. Matt is really surprised by the results of how quickly his soil is improving.
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