Cover Crops: Cooler Soil, Higher Profit

What if a simple cover crop could cut soil temperatures by over 40°C, reduce disease pressure, and save you money?
That’s exactly what’s happening in my vineyard this season.

In this short Farm Learning update, I show real temperature readings comparing bare ground, old grass, and a multi-species cover crop in my vineyard. The results are dramatic. Cooler soils, better water cycling, fewer disease issues, and biodiversity working for me instead of against me.

We also look at how legumes, brassicas, fungi, and insects are reducing my reliance on fertiliser and herbicides — without sacrificing grape yield. This is practical regenerative agriculture focused on profit, not just yield.

This video covers vineyard cover crops, soil temperature management, regenerative viticulture, water retention in vineyards, reducing chemical inputs, biological pest control, nitrogen fixation, fungal associations, soil health, biodiversity in cropping systems, and profitable regenerative farming systems.

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00:00 Why cover crops matter in vineyards
00:19 Water cycling and soil temperature control
00:53 Old grass vs cover crop temperature test
01:27 Bare ground temperature shock
01:56 Does cover cropping reduce grape yield?
02:18 Biodiversity controlling vineyard pests
02:41 Legumes, fungi & nutrient cycling
03:03 Reducing compaction and improving root depth
03:17 Undervine vs mid-row management
03:41 Cutting herbicides and chemical inputs
04:04 Farming for profit, not yield