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  • Soil health

    Soil arthropods and soil microbes

    • Short-Term Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbial Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes across Actively Managed Farms
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • The effects of cover crops on soil arthropod communities in the Inland Pacific Northwest

    Carbon sequestration

    • Short-Term Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbial Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes across Actively Managed Farms
    • Cover crops for high-desert farming systems in Idaho-2014
    • Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops

    Compaction

    • Cover crops for high-desert farming systems in Idaho-2014
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012

    Erosion control

    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012

    Nitrogen fixation

    • Cover crops for high-desert farming systems in Idaho-2014
    • Cover Crop Effects on Light, Nitrogen, and Weeds in Organic Reduced Tillage
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops
    • Using cover crop mixtures to improve soil health in low rainfall areas of the northern plains
  • Weed suppression
    • Cover Crop Effects on Light, Nitrogen, and Weeds in Organic Reduced Tillage
    • The influence of cover crop variety, termination timing and termination method on mulch, weed cover and soil nitrate in reduced-tillage organic systems
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • On Top of Soil Health: Cover Crops Support Bee Pollinators and Suppress Weeds (Dryland Field Day Abstracts-2021)
  • Insect pest management
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Supporting Beneficial Insects for Agricultural Sustainability: The Role of Livestock-Integrated Organic and Cover Cropping to Enhance Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Communities
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota
  • Supporting beneficial insects
    • On Top of Soil Health: Cover Crops Support Bee Pollinators and Suppress Weeds (Dryland Field Day Abstracts-2021)
    • Supporting Beneficial Insects for Agricultural Sustainability: The Role of Livestock-Integrated Organic and Cover Cropping to Enhance Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Communities
  • Disease management
    • Mustard can drive away pests
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota
  • Nutrient management
    • Short-Term Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbial Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes across Actively Managed Farms
    • Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops
    • Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
  • Water management
    • Early water crucial for cover crop success
    • Using cover crop mixtures to improve soil health in low rainfall areas of the northern plains
    • Can cover crops replace summer fallow?
  • Crop yield

    Cash crop yield

    • Sustainable Crop-Livestock Integration for the System Health in the Dryland Inland Pacific Northwest
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Using cover crop mixtures to improve soil health in low rainfall areas of the northern plains
    • Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana

    Cover crop biomass

    • Challenges or Opportunities of growing Cover Crops in the dryland region Of the Inland Pacific Northwest
    • Short-Term Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbial Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes across Actively Managed Farms
    • The influence of cover crop variety, termination timing and termination method on mulch, weed cover and soil nitrate in reduced-tillage organic systems
    • Cover Crop Effects on Light, Nitrogen, and Weeds in Organic Reduced Tillage
    • Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops
    • Weeds With a Purpose: Interseeding Cover Crops into Sweet Corn in Western Oregon

    Forage quality

    • The influence of cover crop variety, termination timing and termination method on mulch, weed cover and soil nitrate in reduced-tillage organic systems
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops
    • Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana
  • Termination

    Chemicals

    • Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana

    Grazing

    • Cover Crops Demonstration Project in North Central Idaho-2016
    • Establishing cover crops for soil health in low-rainfall eastern Washington
    • Sustainable Crop-Livestock Integration for the System Health in the Dryland Inland Pacific Northwest
    • Supporting Beneficial Insects for Agricultural Sustainability: The Role of Livestock-Integrated Organic and Cover Cropping to Enhance Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Communities
    • Potential for and implications of cover cropping and grazing cover crops in wheat agroecosystems in Montana

    Mowing

    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012

    Roller crimping

    • The influence of cover crop variety, termination timing and termination method on mulch, weed cover and soil nitrate in reduced-tillage organic systems
  • Seeds

    Sources

    • Cover Crop Resources and Seed Vendors for Oregon and Washington

    Mixture

    • Cover crops for high-desert farming systems in Idaho-2014
    • The influence of cover crop variety, termination timing and termination method on mulch, weed cover and soil nitrate in reduced-tillage organic systems
    • Sustainable Crop-Livestock Integration for the System Health in the Dryland Inland Pacific Northwest
    • Minimizing inputs with fall seeded cover crop mixes in the high precipitation zone of the Palouse Region
    • Improving Orchard Management through Multi-Species Cover Crop
    • Evaluation of Potential Cover Crops for Inland Pacific Northwest Vineyards
    • Cover Crops for Hop Production in Semi-arid Yakima Valley
    • Using cover crop mixtures to improve soil health in low rainfall areas of the northern plains
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota

    Planting date

    • Establishing cover crops for soil health in low-rainfall eastern Washington
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Improving Orchard Management through Multi-Species Cover Crop
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota

    Seeding rate

    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Improving Orchard Management through Multi-Species Cover Crop
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota
  • Risk and challenges

    Loss of soil moisture

    • Can cover crops replace summer fallow?

    Emergence

    • Can cover crops replace summer fallow?
    • Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota

    Cost/yield penalty

    • Comparison of Cover Cropping and Chemical Fallow in Low Precipitation Dryland Cropping Systems of the Inland Pacific Northwest
  • Miscellaneous resources
    • Western cover crops council
    • Midwest cover crops council
    • Northeast cover crops council
    • GO Cover Crops resource map
    • National Cover Crop Survey 2016 report
    • Using diffusion of innovations theory to understand agricultural producer perspectives on cover cropping in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA
    • University of Idaho Studying Cover Crops
    • Maximizing cover crops; UI Extension-2018
    • Managing Cover Crops Profitably. SARE book-2012
    • Assessing perceptions of climate risk and adaptation among small farmers in Oregon's Willamette Valley
    • Compilation of important resources: cover crops for home gardens, nutrient, soil, pest management, proper seed mixtures, seed sources, etc.
    • NRCS: Cover Crop Selection Tool for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
    • Washington-Pullman Plant Materials Center
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