Providing Tools For Productivity And Sustainability
By Lisa Fultz, LSU AgCenter
With the growing global population and intense variability in climate, there is a mounting need for environmentally and economically sustainable production practices to support the increasing need for food and fibers. It has long been accepted that soil losses often occur when soils remain bare following harvest, during fallow years and following plowing. Soil losses can be reduced by in the incorporation of best management practices, like cover crops, that retain residue on the soil surface, acting as a buffer to the energy of raindrops hitting the soil surface.