Cover Crop Decision Support Tool

This is a set of four tools for making decisions related to cover crops including a Cover Crops Species Selector tool, a Cover Crop Nitrogen Calculator tool, a Cover Crop Economic Decision Support tool and a Cover Crop Seeding Rate Calculator tool.

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Cover Crop Species Selector Tool

This is an online tool to browse cover crops for your state and to get a recommendation of cover crops to plant at times of the year for your specific location.

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Cover Crop Selector Tool

This is an online tool to assist farmers in selecting cover crops to include in field crop and vegetable rotations. It was developed by the Midwest Cover Crop Council (MCCC).

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PNW Cover Crop Selection Tool

This tool for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington is intended as a guide to help growers and conservation planners select cover crop species adapted to their climate, soils, and the purposes of the cover crop.

Note: You must have Microsoft Access in order to open the MS Access database for this tool.

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Climate Engine Tool

This is an online tool for generating maps and graphs of climate, hydrology and satellite data over the US and Globe. It is most interesting for looking at vegetation on the landscape through making maps of NDVI from LandSAT.

Note: You must register for a Climate Engine account.

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