Year-round soil cover

Implementation

Long term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Northern
Northern

Weather event addressed

Floods / Heavy rainfall
Fall
Drought
Spring

Farming system

CEREAL CROPS
All crops

Description of the measure

Soil cover throughout the whole year (with catch crops, nurse crops, straw mulch)

Comments on sustainability

Positve GHG and groundwater as soil is not left bare and carbon is stored in the plants; Potential habitat created for wildlife, especially in winter