About Cover Crops

“Cover Crops as a BMP refers to the use of grasses, legumes or forbs planted to provide seasonal soil cover on cropland when the soil would otherwise be bare. In Minnesota, the cover crop is commonly rye, although oats, barley, alfalfa, buckwheat and hairy vetch are also used. The short growing season in Minnesota limits the use of cover crops although use is expanding as farmers are seeing the environmental and financial benefits of the practice.”

http://www.eorinc.com/documents/AG-BMPHandbookforMN_09_2012.pdf Pg. 36-39

Cover Crop Case Studies

What New Cover Crop Equipment is on the Market?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gy0-mjJ0h4&list=PLDoCVDzaicEN3dWIsQwRxnn5xdVwB8Zpb&index=91

Midwest Cover Crop Council – excellent website contact info, local farmers, info, etc.
http://www.mccc.msu.edu/states/minnesota.html

Selecting Cover Crops - Dave Robison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MECOZHEdDg

UMN ForeverGreen--Cover crops for Minnesota's farms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpfBvY3mxk

Integrating No-Till or Strip-Till with Cover Crops - Roger Wenning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnXHlqdZsqg

Integrating No-Till or Strip-Till with Cover Crops - Steve Berger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNOIaFVo1YM

Nitrogen Crediting For Fields With Cover Crops
https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/pages/News---Nitrogen-Crediting-For-Fields-With-Cover-Crops.php

Farmer Dave Brandt on the use of cover crops - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2wtnk_mdtQ

Farmer Dave Brandt on the use of cover crops - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtzWRqoAaW4

Root Watershed-More cover crops in the watershed

Cover crops are reducing nutrient losses, improving soil tilth for Wright County farmers

Agrinews.com

March 31, 2014

http://www.agrinews.com/news/iowa_news/cover-crops-are-reducing-nutrient...

Cover Crop Field Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xogKXddlJW4

Albert lee seed-local cover crop service
http://www.alseed.com/UserFiles/Documents/Press%20Quality%20Final%20Winter%20Grain%20Flyer.pdf

North Dakota - Report Cover crops as a source of nitrogen for bioenergy crops, forage for hay and fall grazing, salinity management, and prevented planting.
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/plantsciences/research/forages/docs/2013CoverCrop...