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The Leopold Center Ecology Initiative, in collaboration with
principal investigators on related research grants, has compiled a
list of resources and related web sites for producers and others who
want more information about cover crops.
Cover crops are literally “crops that cover the
soil” and their benefits are well documented. Cover crops can reduce
soil erosion, diminish nitrogen losses, provide weed and pest
suppression and increase soil organic matter.
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Self Seeding: An Innovative Management System,
April 2008 news release from American Society of
Agronomy, about Iowa State University research on
self-seeding cover crops
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Managing Cover Crops Profitably,
Handbook Series Book 9, Third
Edition, 2007. This 244-page book is published by
the Sustainable Agriculture Network with funding
from the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) program of the USDA-CSREES, Beltsville, Maryland.
Print copy for sale, or PDF can be downloaded free.
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Intercropping Winter Cereal Grains with Red Clover,
PM 2025, 2006. Iowa State University Extension
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UC SAREP Cover Crop Database, searchable for
more than 40 species used for cover crops,
University of California, Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Program, Davis California.
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Small Grain Cover Crops for Corn and Soybean,
PM 1999. 2005. Iowa State University Extension.
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Alternative Field Crops Manual for Triticale.
1989. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
Service.
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Overview of Cover Crops and Green Manures,
by Preston Sullivan. 2001. Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Selecting the Best Cover Crop for Your Farm,
by Marianne Sarrantonio, excerpted from Managing
Cover Crops Profitably by the Sustainable
Agriculture Network.
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2005 Herbicide Manual for Ag Professionals,
WC-92, Iowa State University Extension.
Small Grain Production for Iowa--Winter,
PM 1498. 1994. Iowa State University Extension.
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Small Grain Production for Iowa--Spring,
PM 1497. 1994. Iowa State University Extension.
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The 2005 Guide for Weed Management in Nebraska,
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension,
EC02-130-D.
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UC SAREP Cover Crop Resource Page, 2002.
University of California, Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Program, Davis California.
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USDA-ARS news release about Leopold Center cover
crop study, November 2007.
Other information on
Leopold Center web site:
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