Winter cereal crops provide forage for livestock, soil health benefits

Cover crops, including winter cereals, provide valuable soil health benefits while creating excellent feed for livestock. (NDSU photo)

Cover crops, including winter cereals, provide valuable soil health benefits while creating excellent feed for livestock. (NDSU photo)

NDSU Extension The use of winter annual cereals to promote soil health properties and suppress annual weeds has become more of the normal for many farmers in U.S., said North Dakota State University Extension specialists. Winter cereals provide green, active-growing plants during the fall and early-winter periods and are the first to green up in the spring. Winter cereals extend the growing sea...

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