Legume Family Cover Crop Species
2016 Cover Crop Mix in Corn Silage Trial
University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trials, cover crop mixes, summer cover crops interseeded into corn of varying days to maturity
Cover crops: rye, ryegrass, oats, triticale, clover, winter peas, radish, rapeseed, turnip, mixes
2015 Cover Crop Mix in Corn Silage Trial
University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trials, cover crop mixes, summer cover crops interseeded into corn of varying days to maturity
Cover crops: rye, annual ryegrass, oats, wheat, triticale, sudangrass, millet, crimson clover, Ladino clover, yellow sweet clover, medium red clover, hairy vetch, sunn hemp, radish, rapeseed, sunflower, flax, chicory, buckwheat, mixes
2014 Summer Cover Crop Mix
University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trials, summer cover crops
Cover crops: rye, ryegrass, oats, wheat, triticale, crimson clover, Ladino clover, hairy vetch, radish, rapeseed, mixes
2014 Early Fall Cover Crop Trial
University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trial, planting dates
Cover crops: annual ryegrass, triticale, oats, winter peas, vetch, radish, canola, mixes
2014 Late Summer Cover Crop Trial
University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trial, planting dates
Cover crops: annual ryegrass, oats, winter peas
Protect And Improve Your Soil With Cover Crops
University of Maryland Extension
Topics: cover crops in the home garden
Cover crops: wheat, oats, crimson clover, forage radish, buckwheat, mixes
Use of Cover Crops and Green Manures to Attract Beneficial Insects, University of Connecticut Integrated Pest Management Program
Topics: beneficial insects
Cover Crops, Hairy Vetch, UMass Extension
Topics: planting dates, seeding rates, termination timing, importance of rhizobia innoculant, nitrogen fixation potential, benefits of mixture use
Hairy Vetch as a Cover Crop, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop benefits, planting dates and methods, seeding rates, termination dates and methods
Hairy Vetch, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
Using Green Manures, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Topics: cover crop benefits, summer fallow cover crops, late-summer and fall planted cover crops, planting timing, seeding rates
Summer Cover Crops, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crops for summer planting, planting timing and methods, seeding rate
Cover Crop Research at the University of Rhode Island, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops for vegetable production, summer cover crops, seeding date, seeding rate
Cover Crops and Green Manures, University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, cover crop benefits and strategies, interseeding
2014 Late Summer Cover Crop Trial, University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trial, planting dates
Canadian Field Peas, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
White Clover, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop characteristics, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
Dutch White Clover, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
Fall Cover Crops, Delaware Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crop benefits in the home garden, cover crop selection, planting dates, termination timing and methods
Late Summer Legumes, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: legume cover crops for late summer planting in vegetable rotations
Cover Crop Interseeder – Potential for Injury from Corn Herbicides, Penn State Extension
Topics: potential impact of residual corn herbicides on interseeded cover crops
Cover Crops – What a Difference a Few Weeks Makes, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, cover crop trials, planting and termination timing, seeding rates, biomass production potential, cover crop economics
Walk-In Seedings, West Virginia University Extension Service
Topics: establishment of legumes into grass via grazing, seeding rates
Management of Red Clover as a Cover Crop, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop characteristics, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
Medium Red Clover, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Topics: cover crops in vegetable rotations, planting timing and methods, seeding rates, termination timing and methods
Time to Plant Fall Cover Crops, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop benefits, planting timing and methods, seeding rates
Selected Green Manures and Cover Crops for Maine, University of Maine
Topics: cover crop traits (such as shade tolerance), seeding rates
NH 340 Cover Crop Planting Specification Guide, NRCS
Topics: cover crop selection, planting and termination methods, interseeding, cover crops in silage corn rotations, cover crops in vegetable rotations, grazing
Combining Forage Species in a Seeding Mixture, West Virginia University Extension Service
Topics: forage species selection and management
Cover Crops for Conservation Tillage Systems, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop benefits and disadvantages, cover crop characteristics, planting dates and methods, seeding rates, termination methods
Growing Forage Legumes in Maine, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topics: forage crops for hay, silage, and grazing, planting rates and management
Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops – Benefits, Selection, and Use, Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension
Topics: cover crop benefits, choosing and small-plot testing cover crops
Cover Cropping for Success, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topics: species selection, fitting cover crops into a rotation, establishment timing and methods, termination methods
2014 Early Fall Cover Crop Trial, University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trial, planting dates
Special Cover Crop Control Considerations, Penn State Extension
Topics: cover crop termination methods
2015 Cover Crop Mix in Corn Silage Trial, University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trials, cover crop mixes, summer cover crops
2014 Summer Cover Crop Mix, University of Vermont Extension
Topics: cultivar/species trials, cover crop mixes, interseeding, trial of corn with differing days to maturity
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