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Iowa Cover Crop Conference West Des Moines, Iowa Cover Crops to Nutrient Cycling Tim Smith Eagle Grove, Ia

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Iowa Cover Crop ConferenceWest Des Moines, Iowa

Cover Crops to Nutrient Cycling

Tim Smith

Eagle Grove, Ia

Mississippi River Basin Initiative (MRBI)

8-10” tall, 800# biomass/acre30# of N uptake by cereal rye = $15.00/acre