Cover Crop Topic Room: Soil and Fertility Management
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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)
