Now is the time to plant cover crops, says the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association.
Cover crops planted now will ensure to preserve and build soil health which will help next year’s crop.
Cover crops help reduce the loss of topsoil and nutrients and increase organic matter.
If you are on the fence about it, you can contact your local Conservation Authority, they may be able to help cover some of the cost.
One funding program is the Huron Clean Water Project which has supported a Cover Crop Incentive since 2015. Ausable Bayfield and Maitland Valley conservation authorities deliver the program on behalf of the County of Huron.
Landowners interested in finding out more about cover crops, and available cover crop funds, may contact Brooklyn Rau, Stewardship Technician at Ausable Bayfield at (519) 235-2610 extension 261 or Ben Van Dieten, Stewardship Projects Lead at Maitland Valley at (519) 335-3557 extension 245.
Written by Kyla Close
