Soil has s lot of phosphorus and potassium and our crops, soybeans and corn, have a difficict time extracting those from soil. But he says cover crops help. This year. Hes testing out radishes d field peas. Tillage radish and field peas have an easier time getting it out of the soil. So they absorb it into the plant. And when they die they release it back out and then the soybean and the corn can get the nutrient easier now because its in a more organic form, said john cover crops increase the number of organisms living in the soil. It also reduces erosion. And cuts the amount of nitrates that leak into ground water. And those arent the only benefits john has reaped. I saw pretty close to a five bushel increase on my soybeans where we did it, said wilcox, plants cover crops. John says it cost him about 25 dollars per acre. To plant the crops using a crop duster. But farmers can get financial assistance. Those incentives are available to producers who may have never tried cover crops be
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Hit with this round of rain. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. It will be around long enough to possibly through wrench no your morning drive. Kathy orr is tracking what you ought want to know before you walk out that door kathy. Very busy night in the weather center. I want to everyone to know i will continue taking your questions on facebook right through the newscast through that 11 00 oclock hour. On ultimate doppler we have rain moving in. It is already through places like dover and heading through new castle, delaware. Through south jersey. You can see this yellow line here cutting through northern parts of atlantic county, right to the northern part of Cumberland County and this is all moving toward the west and this will eventually move through philadelphia so the timing is still the same in philadelphia we expect the rain to be here around midnight. Temperatures stay mild though overnight in the city, 52. In the suburbs 47. The rain will be lifting up from the south. So heres a lo
New castle, delaware. Through south jersey. You can see this yellow line here cutting through northern parts of atlantic county, right to the northern part of Cumberland County and this is all moving toward the west and this will eventually move through philadelphia so the timing is still the same in philadelphia we expect the rain to be here around midnight. Temperatures stay mild though overnight in the city, 52. In the suburbs 47. The rain will be lifting up from the south. So heres a look at our future fox cast. Thats right about where our rain is right now. The future fox cast really getting a good grip on the situation. Heavier rain in yellow. 5 00 a. M. Covers most of the region. Periods of rain heavy at times and continues to lift through the region right into the afternoon period. This will be a Long Duration and bring some wind to the delaware valley. Huge dem cher change in that seven day forecast and more rain this week. Thats coming up with all the details in your seven da