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Loran Steinlage, who farms in northeast Iowa’s Fayette County, has been planting a relay crop in an effort to keep a living root in the soil 365 days a year. “The living root is holding the soil in place and breaking up the compaction. The soil is mellow,” he said.
Submitted photoIowa farmer Loran Steinlage thought if he could keep a living root in the soil 365 days a year the soil could reap multiple benefits.
In August, Loran Steinlage plants rye into the corn. He harvests the corn in the fall on established rye. In the spring he plants soybeans into the standing rye and harvests the rye in July.
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Loran Steinlage, who farms in northeast Iowa’s Fayette County, has been planting a relay crop in an effort to keep a living root in the soil 365 days a year. “The living root is holding the soil in place and breaking up the compaction. The soil is mellow,” he said.
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