CERZOO farm

This is the SHARE supersite and a field-experimental site with side-by-side conventional and no-till management. Soil-health practices include residue retention, cover crops in no-till sectors, diversified rotations with grasses and legumes, and reduced soil disturbance, alongside nutrient management tailored to crop needs. The key crops are maize (feed) and soybean (food/feed), within an experimental setting particularly suitable for intensive monitoring and demonstration.

Crop residues retained on the soil surface at CERZOO farm.

Carbon farming practices implemented

13 - Improving timing and application of nutrients

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

Agricultural machinery working in a harvested field.
No- tillage

Tractor ploughing a field.

Crops:  

Maize cobs with husks opened on standing plants.
Maize

Hand holding ripe wheat ears.
Wheat

Poplar trees growing in rows.
Cover crop

Soybean plants with mature pods in a field.
Soybean

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