Cover Cropping
Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations - SARE
A cover crop is a plant that is used primarily to slow erosion, improve soil health, enhance water availability, smother weeds, help control pests and diseases.
Cover Crops and Crop Rotation - USDA
Cover Crops Cover crops are traditionally planted on farms but can be used in gardens. A cover crop is any crop grown to cover the soil and may be ...
Cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested.
Cover Crops - Rodale Institute
Uses on the farm. Cover crops are an integral part of organic no-till. They help return nutrients to the soil and, when rolled by the roller crimper, create a ...
Cover Cropping to Improve Climate Resilience - USDA Climate Hubs
Cover crops increase soil organic matter, and improve soil fertility by capturing excess nutrients after a crop is harvested. They also raise soil moisture ...
Cover Crops - Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program
Cover crops can be broadly defined as any non-cash crop grown in addition to the primary cash crop. These crops have the potential to ...
Cover Crops Benefit Both Commercial Farmers and Urban Gardeners
They lead to better water infiltration and water holding capacity in the soil and make the soil less susceptible to erosion from wind and water.
Understanding Cover Crops |The Basics and Beyond | joe gardener®
The primary function of a cover crop is to protect the soil surface, but in addition, it can provide your soil environment rest, nutrition, aeration, or “ ...
Cover Crops: what they are, how to produce them and what ... - Forigo
Cover crops may be cultivated using the residue fertility of the previous crop, or by anticipating fertilization and soil preparation jobs ...
Benefits of Cover Crops - SARE
By slowing erosion and runoff, cover crops reduce nonpoint source pollution caused by sediments, nutrients and agricultural chemicals. By taking up excess soil ...
Cover Crops - Center for Regenerative Agriculture
Cover crops are plants used to protect and improve the soil at times when cash crops (grains, vegetables, cotton, oilseeds, etc.) are not being grown. Ideally, ...
Cover Crops: Types, Benefits, And Tips On How To Use
Types Of Cover Crops. There are three main categories, depending on their properties and options for use: grasses, legumes, and broadleaf non- ...
Cover Cropping | CSANR - Washington State University
Many plants can be used as cover crops, including rye, clover, sudangrass, mustard, buckwheat, and lupine. They can be grown between cash crops when soil would ...
Cover Cropping – Center for Regenerative Agriculture ... - Chico State
Learn about cover cropping, a regenerative approach used to keep the soil protected with plants that might also be used as an additional cash crop.
Bulletin #1170, Cover Cropping for Success
Cover crops are plants used to improve soil health and fertility, provide beneficial insect habitat, reduce weed pressure, and/or provide other agronomic or ...
Cover Crop Basics - Forks in the Dirt
Cover cropping is a way to grow your own mulch which feeds the soil in different ways from organic mulches.
Cover Crops for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation | Article
Cover crops are one of the many sustainable agricultural practices that can help farmers mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.
Cover Crops Play a Starring Role in Climate Change Mitigation
Cover crops offer agricultural producers a natural and inexpensive climate solution through their ability to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
California Cover Crops Resources - UC ANR
A cover crop can be any non-cash crop grown in addition to the primary cash crop. Cover crops offer many potential benefits. There are also management ...
Principles of Cover Cropping for Arid and Semi-arid Farming Systems
This publication summarizes cover crop options along with benefits and challenges to their adoption in arid and semi-arid environments, including New ...