An extension soils specialist says thriving cover crops are helping keep soil and nutrients in the fields with little to no snow on the ground.
Daniel Smith is the Program Manager for the University of Wisconsin Nutrient and Pest Management program. Smith says much of the Midwest has had little to no frost and several extra growing degree units. “I’ve been watching a field of oats right below my house ever since it was seeded after corn silage in mid-September.
