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Unpublished Paper
Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits
Farm Progress Reports
  • Mark Licht, Iowa State University
  • Liz Juchems, Iowa Learning Farms
  • Jacqueline Comito, Iowa Learning Farms
  • Matthew Helmers, Iowa State University
  • Sarah Carlson, Practical Farmers of Iowa
Number
RFR A1590
Publication Year
2016
Farm
McNay Research and Demonstration Farm
Department
Agronomy
Abstract

Cover crops are an important component of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, which calls for a high level of adoption to reach the goals of reducing nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus. Iowa landowners and farmers are increasingly seeing the value of single species cover crops and incorporating them into their cropping systems. However, in Iowa and the Upper Midwest, there is limited research on using cover crop mixtures.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-1450
Citation Information
Mark Licht, Liz Juchems, Jacqueline Comito, Matthew Helmers, et al.. "Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits" (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark-licht/42/