News | 07 Jun 2023

A decision support tool to estimate N availability from cover crops

The MERCI method

The MERCI method is simple to implement and allows advisors and farmers to concretely evaluate the interest of planting a cover crop and to reduce, if necessary, the fertilisation of succeeding cash crops. It helps to estimate the N release of the cover crop residues over a period of time, as well as the P, K, S and Mg availability. Check it out.

A decision support tool to estimate N availability from cover crops