Topical Tips
Dear colleagues,
The current winter is probably not to anyone's liking, as the moisture supply has been negligible, crops have not germinated fully, fungal diseases are rampant on autumn crops as of now, and there will most likely be a calamity of many economically important pests in the spring.
Soil of sand and clay, almost no humus, sloping terrain. Agronomists are struggling to increase the organic composition and improve the structure, which will not happen in one go. So far, however, apparent erosion has been minimized.
LEADER CONSULTING REMINDS:
THE TIME FOR SOWING CATCH CROPS HAS COME
After harvesting cereal and other winter or early spring crops, rather than letting the land evaporate inefficiently until spring and multiply weedy vegetation, erode and sputter, we can insert a wide range of catch crops into the rotation regardless of the technologies we apply.
Sowing catch crops not only reduces soil erosion and nutrient leaching into groundwater and surface water, but also improves soil structure, supplies nutrients to the soil and supports biological activity in the soil. This in turn leads to increased yields of the main crops.