LINKS

Soil Quality Institute
	Cover and Green Manure Crop Benefits to Soil Quality ( Technical Note #1) Sunn Hemp: A Cover Crop for Southern and Tropical Farming Systems (Technical Note #10) The Knife Roller (Crimper):  An Alternative Kill Method for Cover Crops (Technical Note #13)

Indiana electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG): Conservation Practice Standard for Cover Crops #1 Illinois electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG): Conservation Practice Standard for Cover Crops #2 Michigan electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG) Minnesota Conservation Practice Standard for Cover Crops (#340-1) Minnesota Agronomy Job Sheet on cover crops (#340) Iowa Practice Standard for Cover Crops (Code 340)

	Overview of cover crops and green manures Rye as a cover crop No-till vegetable production: Non-chemical methods of cover crop suppression and weed control Applying the Principles of Sustainable Farming by Preston Sullivan

	Managing Cover Crops Profitably (SARE Handbook Series Book 9) by Andy Clark Clark, Andy. Managing Cover Crops Profitably (SARE Handbook Series Book 9). Beltsville, MD: Sustainable Agriculture Network, 2007.

Other Links

• Conservation Technology Information Center- Cover Crops
• Soil quality
  • Resources
  • Publications
  • Technical notes
• Soil and Water Conservation Society
• Cover Crops for Clean Water
• The New Agriculture Network
• Plant Management Network
• Plant Management Network Journal Search
• Practical Farmers of Iowa
  • Cover crop business directory
  • Cover crops effect on cash crop yield (research report)
  • Establishing cover crops at last cultivation
  • Tillage radish to control weeds in horticulture crops (research report)
  • Effectiveness of white mustard in horticulture crops (research report)
  • Enough time to plant a cover crop?
  • Develop a cover cropping plan
  • Aerial seed cover crops
  • Strip tillage, living mulches and pasture walk (blog post)
  • Grazing cover crops (blog post)
  • Cover crops 101 Clutier, IA (blog post)
  • Cooking wheat (blog post)
  • Tips for killing cover crops (blog post)
  • West Chester cover crop field day (blog post
• The Rodale Institute (website)
  • Organic no-till for vegetable production?
  • THE NO-TILL + PAGE
  • Year 2006 is breakthrough for organic no-till corn yield; tops standard organic for first time at Rodale Institute
  • New reasons to perfect organic no-till
  • Choosing cover crops for no-till organic soybeans
  • Choosing the best cover crops for your organic no-till vegetable system
  • Organic no-till with cover crop roll-down is viable in Kentucky research
  • Perfecting organic no-till systems nationwide
  • Organic no-till research spreading across the Midwest
  • Researchers roll out the details of 2006 no-till organic corn numbers

• No-till on the Plains- Cover Crop Research Plot Field Tours (Week by week photos)
• How to go Organic.com - Cover Crops and Crop Rotations
• Wikipedia: Cover crops
• 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
• List of Cover Crops with information and images University of California / UC Davis
  Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
• Potential and Limitations of Cover Crops, Living Mulches, and Perennials to Reduce Nutrient Losses to Water Sources from Agricultural Fields in the Upper Mississippi River Basin Kaspar, T.C., E.J. Kladivko, J.W. Singer, S. Morse, and D. R. Mutch. pp. 129-148. In UMRSHNC (Upper Mississippi River Sub-basin Hypoxia Nutrient Committee). 2008. Final Report: Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop. St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE
• Small Grain Cover Crops (module) - A review of the benefits of using small grain cover crops. It also discusses small grain species selection, management, and impact on main crop yields. (Click on the "Available" link by "Free Online Module". You need to sign up as a CAI member which is available free.)
• Cover crops and Green manures - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Cover Crops – A new look at an old practice (p. 13) by Robin Martinek (NRCS State Agronomist)
• Sweetclover germplasm (of use to researchers)

Presentations

• From Soil Problems to Progress: Advanced Cover Crops Systems Planning
  presentation by Vicki Morrone and Sieglinde Snapp (MSU)
• Cover Crops - Their Challenges and Benefits presentation by Vicki Morrone (MSU)
• Mixtures of legume and grass summer cover crops for integrated weed and soil management presentation by Daniel Brainard (MSU), and Virender Kumar, Robin Bellinder, Laurie Drinkwater
• Identifying the factors affecting cover crop performance in row crops under organic management presentation by David Munoz, Sasha Kravchenko, Sieglinde Snapp and Ron Gehl
• Manure Slurry-Enriched Seeding of Cover Crops (Protecting the Environment, Building Quality Soil) presentation by Tim Harrigan, Sieglinde Snapp, Rich Leep, Dale Mutch, and Natalie Rector
• Critical Considerations in Managing Nematodes with Potential Trap and Cover Crops presentation by Haddish Melakeberhan (MSU)
• Organic Fresh Market Tomato Yield Response To Rye And Hairy Vetch ...
  presentation by Ajay Nair And Mathieu Ngouajio (MSU)
• Nutrient Management With Cover Crops presentation by Darryl Warncke (MSU)
• Cover crop mixtures for integrated weed and nitrogen management
  presentation by Daniel Brainard (MSU)
• Developing New Low-input No-till Systems Using Cover Crops
  presentation by Dale R. Mutchand Todd E. Martin (MSU)
• Fitting bio-fumigant cover crops into intensive vegetable production systems for
  integrated crop management presentation by Mathieu NgouajioNgouajio (MSU)
• Managing Annual Ryegrass as a Cover Crop
  presentation by Michael Plumer (University of IL at Urbana-Champaign)
• Using Cover Crops to Catch Nitrogen? presentation
• Attributes of Cover Crops presentation by Anne Verhallen
• Role of Cover Crops in Soil Health & Root Disease Management
  presentation by George S. Abawi (Cornell Univaersity)
• Protecting the Soil and Environment Using Small Grain Cover Crops presentation given by Tom Kaspar on 5-21-08 at an NRCS workshop at the National Soil Tilth Laboratory in Ames, IA
• Environmental Benefits and Management of Small Grain Winter Cover Crops in Corn-Soybean Rotations presentation by Tom Kaspar (9-17-07)

Miscellaneous links

• Captain Compost (Alabama)
• Growing Small Farms (NC Extension)
• Clagett Farm Notes (Upper Marlboro, MD) daily blog from a sustainable farm
• Wildflowers of Ontario
• Rural Advantage - Nonprofit organization, located in south central Minnesota, interested in capitalizing on the interconnections between agriculture, environment and community
• Purdue University Crop Search
• Agriculture Network Information Center
• Renewing the Countryside - Website with stories of everyday people making a difference in their rural communities. Ffarmers, artists, business owners, community leaders, non-profit organizers, youth and others who are living, working and playing in ways that benefit their families, their communities, and future generations. Read these stories and find ideas, hope and inspiration.
• Land Stewardship Project - Website for an ethic of stewardship for farmland, promoting sustainable agriculture and developing sustainable communities
• Plants For A Future - Edible, medical and useful plants for a healthier world (with extensive searchable plant database - including most cover crops)
• Michigan State University Organic Farming Exchange

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