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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
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
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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)
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Insect pest management
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Supporting beneficial insects
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Disease management
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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
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Water management
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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
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Termination
Chemicals
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
Roller crimping
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Seeds
Sources
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
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Risks and challenges
Loss of soil moisture
Emergence
- Can cover crops replace summer fallow?
- Evaluation of Spring Seeded Cover Crops in Colorado, Montana and North Dakota
Cost/yield penalty
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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