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Cover Crop Topic Room: No-Till

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Using CC to Convert to 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...

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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...

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Dan Forgey_AddingCoverCropToANoTillSystem

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...

Roller Crimper_05

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...

Woman holding two heads of lettuce.

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-crops

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...

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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)

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
 

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.

 

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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