Maintain vegetative cover on fields

Type: Effect

Links from: Item Link details Undersow crops Over-wintered stubbles Cover crop after harvest through the winter Arable land is sown with a crop within 10 days of having been prepared as a seedbed Convert arable land to extensive grassland Create grassed waterways within arable fields

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Links to: Link details Item Reduce overland flow (by barrier)

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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Friday 30 October 2009