Cover Crop Topic Room: Complete List
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Cover Crops: Selection and Management
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition
Type: Book
Managing Cover Crops Profitably explores how and why cover crops work and provides all the information...
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms
Type: Book
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual provides an in-depth review of crop rotation,...
SARE Cover Crops Webinars
Type: North Central SARE Presentation
As part of the Missouri SARE State Program, Debi Kelly hosted two webinars on Cover Crops in fall 2012....
Dryland Cover Cropping Boosts Yields
Type: North Central SARE From the Field Profile
Nebraska farmers Keith and Brian Berns found they could use cover crops in dryland farming to increase...
Cover Crops for All Seasons
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This Virginia Association for Biological Farming information sheet provides research-based information...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Cover Crop Selection and Use in Organic No-Till Farming (2010, North Dakota)
- A Novel Approach for Optimizing the Benefits of Cereal-Legume Cover Crop Mixtures in Vegetable Cropping Systems (2009, Michigan)
- Selecting Cover Crops for Diverse Functions: An Integrated Soil Management Approach for Organic Strawberry Production in North Carolina (2007, North Carolina)
- Development of Winter Cover Crop Varieties and Complementary Mixtures for North Central Region Grain Systems (2006, Michigan)
- Evaluating Winter Cover Crops for the Environment and for Profit [on dairy farms] (2006, Ohio)
- Multipurpose Brassica Cover Crops for Sustaining Northeast Farmers (2003, Maryland)
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Cover Crops: Economics
Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator
Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This free online tool compares the nutrient value and cost of cover crops, organic and synthetic fertilizers...
Winter Rye Cover Crop Effect on Cash Crop Yields
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Cover Crops are an important addition to any farming system to improve soil quality and decrease soil...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Optimization of Corn Production Following Legume Green Manures (2008, Wisconsin)
- Evaluating Winter Crops for the Environment and for Profit [on dairy farms] (2005, Ohio)
- Managing Cover Crop and Conservation Tillage Systems to Enhance Vegetable Crop Yields, Economic Returns and Environmental Quality (2004, Oregon)
Cover Crops: Establishment
Comparison of Cover Crop Establishment Methods
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This research report from Practical Farmers of Iowa presents data about a cover of hairy vetch, tillage...
Cover Crops for Soil Health and Nutrient Conservation and Update on the PSU Cover Crop Interseeder
Type: Northeast SARE Multimedia
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker presents how cover crops can be used to conserve nutrients over the winter, reduce...
Using Manually Operated Seeders for Precision Cover Crop Plantings on the Small Farm
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This information sheet describes research in Virginia on using inexpensive, manually operated seeders...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Organic No-Till Establishment of Hairy Vetch as a Cover Crop into Hay Sod and Sensitivity to Carbon Amendments (2011, New Hampshire)
- Conserving End-of-Season N with Effective Seeding Dates for Cover Crops Based on Fall Growing Degree Days (2006, Massachusetts)
- Establishing Cover Crops at Time of Corn Planting: Determining Soil and Water Quality Benefits (2001, New York)
- Establishment of Cover Crops in Corn and Soybeans (2000, Pennsylvania)
Cover Crops: Rotations
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms
Type: Book
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual provides an in-depth review of crop rotation,...
Sustainable Crop Rotations with Cover Crops
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This fact sheet provides information about specific attributes of different cover crops grown after...
Growing Cover Crops with a Cash Crop
Type: Multimedia
Dan Forgey describes how he grows cover crop mixes in synch with a cash crop of corn, and gets strong...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
Cover Crops: Soil and Fertility Management
Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator
Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This free online tool compares the nutrient value and cost of cover crops, organic and synthetic fertilizers...
Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release from Cover Crops
Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This Oregon State University fact sheet explains the basics of plant-available nitrogen (PAN); when...
Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This fact sheet provides information about soil microbes, nutrient recycling, and microbial soil organic...
Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil and Water Quality
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This fact sheet highlights the physical, chemical, biological, and economic benefits of using cover...
The Biology of Soil Compaction
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This fact sheet discusses how soil porosity, water infiltration, soil aeration, and soil structure increase...
Cover Crops for Soil Health and Nutrient Conservation and Update on the PSU Cover Crop Interseeder
Type: Northeast SARE Multimedia
Dr. Sjoerd Duiker presents how cover crops can be used to conserve nutrients over the winter, reduce...
Cover Cropping: On-Farm, Solar-Powered Soil Building
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This information sheet gives an overview of how to use cover crops to maintain good levels of nutrients...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Corn Silage Production with Kura Clover Living Mulch and Winter Rye Cover Crop; Soil Erosion, Nutrient Runoff, and Soil Physical Properties (2010, Wisconsin)
- Lighting up the Black Box: Improving Legume Performance on Organic Farms by Optimizing Microbially-Mediated Plant and Soil Nitrogen Cycling Processes (2010, North Carolina)
- Balancing Nitrogen Sinks and Sources Using Cover Crops on Manured Fields (2010, New York)
- Optimization of Corn Production Following Legume Green Manures (2008, Wisconsin)
- Using Oilseed as Biological Plow to Reduce Soil Compaction and Recycle Nutrients (2008, Ohio)
- Learning from Farmer Innovation in N Fixation for Improved Nutrient Management on Organic Farms (2007, New York)
- Managing Soil Food Webs for Enriched and Suppressive Soils: Effects of Cover Crop Diversity and Quality (2007, California)
- Selecting Cover Crops for Diverse Functions: An Integrated Soil Management Approach for Organic Strawberry Production in North Carolina (2007, North Carolina)
- Estimating Nitrogen Contribution from Cover Crops in Organic Vegetable and Cane Berry Farms (2006, Oregon)
- Evaluating Winter Crops for the Environment and for Profit [on dairy farms] (2005, Ohio)
- Multipurpose Brassica Cover Crops for Sustaining Northeast Farmers (2003, Maryland)
- Winter Cover Crops for Corn Production in the Northeast: N Balance and Soil Moisture Status (1989, Maryland)
Cover Crops: Water Management
Dryland Cover Cropping Boosts Yields
Type: North Central SARE From the Field Profile
Nebraska farmers Keith and Brian Berns found they could use cover crops in dryland farming to increase...
SARE Cover Crops Webinars
Type: North Central SARE Presentation
As part of the Missouri SARE State Program, Debi Kelly hosted two webinars on Cover Crops in fall 2012....
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- No-Till Wheat into Medic vs. Conventional Wheat (1999, Montana)
- Winter Cover Crops for Corn Production in the Northeast: N Balance and Soil Moisture Status (1989, Maryland)
Cover Crops: Pest Management
Buckwheat Cover Crop Handbook
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Buckwheat has been used to suppress weeds on Northeastern farms for 400 years. This handbook outlines...
Influence of Cover Crops on Insect Pests and Predators in Conservation Tillage Cotton
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Results of a two-year research project to determine the impact of several cover crops on pest and predator...
A Sunn Hemp Cover Crop for Soil Health and Nematode Management
Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
These University of Hawaii fact sheets and virtual field day explain how to use sunn hemp as a cover...
Winter Annual Weed Suppression in Rye–Vetch Cover Crop Mixtures
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Zachary Hayden received an NCR-SARE Graduate Student Grant to evaluate the relative effects of rye,...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Integrating Ground Cover Crops and New Herbicide Strategies (Conventional and Organic) for Tree Growth and Soil Health, Part 1 and Part 2 (2011, New York)
- Suppression of Soybean Diseases Through the Use of Cover Crops (2010, Illinois)
- Rolled Down Cover Crop Mulch for Pumpkin and Soybean Production (2009, Pennsylvania)
- Selecting a Sunn Hemp Cover Crop Genotype for Weed Suppression and Seed Production (2008, Florida)
- Selecting Cover Crops for Diverse Functions: An Integrated Soil Management Approach for Organic Strawberry Production in North Carolina (2007, North Carolina)
- Using Cover Crops and Crop Diversity to Optimize Ecologically Based Weed Management (2005, Pennsylvania)
- Mustard Green Manures for Potato Production (2003, Washington)
Cover Crops: No-Till
Using Cover Crops to Convert to No-till
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This fact sheet explains how growing cover crops can help farmers adapt faster to a continuous no-till...
Cover Crops and No-Till Management for Organic Systems
Type: Northeast SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This Rodale Institute fact sheet reviews the use of cover crops and no-till in organic systems, including...
Adding Cover Crops to a No-Till System
Type: Multimedia
South Dakota farm manager Dan Forgey has improved soil quality and the bottom line by successfully introducing...
Grant Puts (Good) Crimp in Farm Operations
Type: Northeast SARE From the Field Profile
It all began in 2002 with a $6,500 SARE grant and the seed of an idea: a no-till tractor implement that...
Spring Seedbed Characteristics after Winter-Killed Cover Crops
Type: Northeast SARE Multimedia
Dr. Ray Weil and Natalie Lounsbury have been investigating the possibility of no-till planting early...
Reduced Tillage and Cover Cropping Systems for Organic Vegetable Production
Type: Southern SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This information sheet captures research by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Association for Biological...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
- Cover Crop Selection and Use in Organic No-Till Farming (2010, North Dakota)
- A Farmer-Researcher Collaborative Effort to Design No-Till Systems Appropriate for Small-Scale Organic Producers in Alabama and the Deep South (2009, Alabama)
- Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture Using Continuous No-Till and Cover Crops (2009, Ohio)
- Rolled Down Cover Crop Mulch for Pumpkin and Soybean Production (2009, Pennsylvania)
- Managing Cover Crop and Conservation Tillage Systems to Enhance Vegetable Crop Yields, Economic Returns and Environmental Quality (2004, Oregon)
- Weed Management in Organic Conservation Tillage/No-Tillage (2004, Ohio)
- Multipurpose Brassica Cover Crops for Sustaining Northeast Farmers (2003, Maryland)
- Conservation Tillage Benefits in a Cotton-Centered Crop Rotation System (2001, Arizona)
- No-Till Wheat into Medic vs. Conventional Wheat (1999, Montana)
Cover Crops: Miscellaneous
Role of Cover Crops in Converting Perennial Pasture to Vegetable Ground
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
In West Branch, Iowa, Scattergood Farm converted pasture from perennial alfalfa and clover to vegetable...
Winter Rye Cover Crop Effect on Cash Crop Yields
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Cover Crops are an important addition to any farming system to improve soil quality and decrease soil...
Also, visit SARE's database for reports on these research projects:
