Growing Support: Agronomy Farm Research Field Day Shines Light on UMass Extension Agricultural Research
August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Aug. 12 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news:
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Growing Support: Agronomy Farm Research Field Day Shines Light on UMass Extension Agricultural Research
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Ever wonder when driving by a vegetable farm during the off-season why the fields look like a lush, green carpet instead of plain dirt? That sprawling greenery is most likely a cover crop-plants grown not for harvest, but to maintain soil hea . . .
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Growing Support: Agronomy Farm Research Field Day Shines Light on UMass Extension Agricultural Research
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Ever wonder when driving by a vegetable farm during the off-season why the fields look like a lush, green carpet instead of plain dirt? That sprawling greenery is most likely a cover crop-plants grown not for harvest, but to maintain soil hea . . .