Cover Crops: Benefits and Management

LEAF Demonstration Farmer, Jake Freestone, Farm Manager at Overbury Farms on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border explains the key benefits of cover cropping to manage soil erosion, fertility, control pests and diseases and encourage biodiversity and wildlife in an agroecosystem. www.leafuk.org www.naturalengland.org.uk/csf www.gov.uk/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution