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Cover Crop Topic Room

Cover crops are one of the most effective ways to improve soil health, reduce off-farm inputs and protect natural resources. The following is a collection of educational materials developed out of decades of SARE-funded cover crop research.

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Selection and Management

Better understand how legumes, grasses, brassicas and other cover crop species can contribute to your operation.

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Economics

Cover crops can improve the bottom line in many ways, by reducing fertilizer needs, lowering weed and pest pressure, improving yields and more.

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Establishment

Timely establishment of cover crops in the late summer and early fall is one of the most critical factors in having success with them.

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Rotations

Success with cover crops relies on carefully planning how to fit them into your cash crop rotation.

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Soil and Fertility Management

From cycling nutrients to reducing erosion to breaking compaction, cover crops offer a host of benefits to soil and fertility.

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Water Management

Because they improve infiltration and blanket the soil, cover crops have been shown to preserve, not deplete, soil moisture for following cash crops.

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Pest Management

Smother winter weeds and break pest cycles by planting the right cover crop species.

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No-Till

Soil health benefits are often enhanced when using cover crops in combination with no-till.

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Miscellaneous

Innovative SARE-funded research in miscellaneous topics related to cover crops.

Complete List

View a list of all the resources in this topic room.

 

Dig Deeper: Cover Crop Research

SARE has funded hundreds of research and education projects related to cover crops since 1988. This topic room features only a glimpse into SARE's entire portfolio of cover crop research.

To discover more, visit SARE's database of projects and conduct full text or advanced keyword searches.

Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition

Type: Book

MCCP3

Managing Cover Crops Profitably explores how and why cover crops work and provides all the information needed to build cover crops into any farming operation.

Published: 2007
Pages: 244

Online Version: Free

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Print Version:
$19.00
 

USDA-NRCS Soil Health Initiative

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"Unlock the Secrets in the Soil" is a national initiative by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to promote awareness and education about soil's importance as a natural resource and its vital role in agriculture.

 

Cover Crop Resources at eOrganic

The eOrganic Community of Practice maintains a collection of articles, videos and webinars on organic research, production and certification. This collection includes a section on cover cropping in organic farming systems.

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