Are you a cotton farmer in Alabama with questions about cover crops? We’d like to introduce you to Myron Johnson! He’s part of a Farmer Mentor network created by SHI’s U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund. Johnson is a fourth-generation row crop farmer who grows cotton, wheat, rye, oats, and peanuts and also manages hay ground and pasture for his cow/calf operation. By using rye as a cover crop, he’s noticed that more crop residue on the soil’s surface has helped him improve yields during droughts, increased water infiltration and beneficial soil microorganisms, and lowered soil erosion, evaporation rates, and weed pressure. He’s also invented a cover crop roller and secured a patent for it! If you’d like to connect with any of our Farmer Mentors located in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Oklahoma, check out our Contacts page: https://lnkd.in/eR8NmgxD
