These mixtures absorb the nutrients available in the soil, bind them and make them available to the following crop. Mixtures without legumes are ideal for use in front of grain legumes and in water conservation areas.

Nutrients are mobilized and nitrogen is made available to the subsequent crop in a natural way. The legume-emphasized TerraLife® mixtures contain at least 40 % legumes in the seed content.

Mixtures suitable for early sowing dates can be planted, depending on weather and climate, from the end of June onwards. They tolerate a long and warm vegetation period without a fast seed setting.

TerraLife® all-round mixtures can be used flexibly and fulfil different objectives (nutrient retention, intensive root penetration, erosion protection, etc.).

Potatoes and sugar beet have extremely high seedbed and soil demands. TerraLife® is the ideal preparation and takes into account the phytosanitary demands in the crop rotation.

Some of these mixtures contain grasses and tolerate later sowing dates until the end of September. Due to their winter hardiness, they form a green, connecting element to the subsequent crop and form humus more efficiently.

As oilseed rape breeder, DSV knows about the crop’s demands. Thus, we offer different cover crop solutions for successful oilseed rape cultivation, also for organic production. 

The permanent greening of soils is becoming increasingly important for soil-conserving agriculture. Undersowing and companion cropping are proven arable farming measures. 

Species-rich cover crop mixtures

A good cover crop acts as a soil cure between the main crops, so cover crops should be treated as a main crop. For the evaluation of a cover crop, not only the above-ground formed mass is to be considered.