Maintaining soil health in arid and semiarid farming systems is critical to the long-term management of farmlands across New Mexico. Without soil health, farmlands become less productive and vulnerable to erosion.
For more information on cover cropping or reduced tillage, contact your local Cooperative Extension county agent, and follow your state Extension account on social media.
You can get practical advice, from fact sheets to planting mixes, and simple explanations of what research shows about the economic and environmental effects of cover crops and low-till practices.
For state-by-state information about soil conservation in Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico:
OK: conservation.ok.gov/
CO: ag.colorado.gov/conservation
NM soil health initiative: nmdeptag.nmsu.edu/healthy-soi...