Cover crops are being promoted as a way to keep manure nutrients from leaching or running off during ‘idle’ months in the field. Coupling manure application and cover crops: Can it work and what are the benefits? This presentation was originally broadcast on January 15, 2010. More…
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Coupling Manure Application and Cover Crops
Jeremy Singer, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa (21 minutes)
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Manure Slurry Seeding of Forage and Cover Crops
Tim Harrigan, Michigan State University (26 minutes)
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Additional Resource and Links
- 2013 SARE survey of farmers using cover crops. Read results….
- UC SAREP Cover Crop Resource Page
- Managing Cover Crops Profitably
- Crop Advisor Institute Small Grains Cover Crops Learning Module
- Cereal Rye: Manure and Livestock’s New Best Friend
- Slurry Seeding
- Small Grain Cover Crops for Corn and Soybean
- Manure Slurry-Enriched Micro-Site Seeding of Biosuppressive Covers
- The N Game
- Cover crop effects on the fate of N following soil application of swine manure