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Integrating Living Mulch on Vegetable Farms in South Dakota: 2024 Results

Updated January 16, 2025
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Kristine Lang

Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist

Written collaboratively by Connor Ruen, M.S. Graduate Research Assistant in the Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, Kyle Haroldson, Kjersten Oudman, Dirk Oudman under the direction and review of Kristine Lang and Thandiwe Nleya.

On-farm research was conducted over the summer months of 2024 at two farms in Bruce and Worthing, SD. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of two established clover species on weed suppression, crop growth, and yield of severable brassica species.

Acknowledgements

Funding for on-farm trails is from a USDA NIFA Organic Transitions Program grant. This project would not be possible without these additional grant team members: Sutie Xu, Peter Sexton, Tong Wang, Navreet Mahal, Rhoda Burrows, Nitish Lu, Joslyn Fousert, and Kristina Harms. Thank you to the SDSU Lang Lab Graduate and Undergraduate Research Assistants for their support during the 2024 field season.