If you’re looking for a suitable break crop this summer that can provide added soil health benefits, consider sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense) and their hybrids. They can be useful as part of an integrated crop protection (ICP) approach as they provide excellent protection of the soil against summer storms, are drought and heat tolerant, good at suppressing weeds and recovering nutrients from depth, and can add large amounts of biomass back into the soil.

Read the Soil Wealth ICP project’s key tips to consider when selecting a sorghum cover crop.

You can also access this presentation from US Agricultural Engineer Ted Kornecki which explains how different roller/crimper designs can effectively terminate dense and tall cover crops without vibrations and fit different tractor sizes/farm scales.