No-till Cover Crops Information and Links

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Cover Crops

• Managing Cover Crops Profitably: 3rd Edition  This is the book that was featured at the December 2009 AIM meeting with Jill Clapperton.

• World View of No-till Farming System and Cover Crop Management by Rolf Derpsch WCP

• Nebraska NRCS Conservation Practices Standards for Cover Crops

• Cover Crop Database

• Winter Cover Crops - Their Value and Management

• Cover Crops and Green Manures 

• Rye as a Cover Crop

• The Power Behind Cover Crops - Dakota Lakes Research Farm Publication

• Cover Crops In Agriculture - An Old New Concept

• Managing Pests with Cover Crops

• Summer Cover Crops

• Overview of Cover Crops and Green Manures

• Alternative Nematode Control

No-till Cover Crop Research Plot

• Cover crop research plots (20 different crops in 25 different plots)

• Cover crop moisture usage research

• Soil fertility and soil structure with Dr. Ray Ward

• Rotational grazing of forage cover crops

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Sunn Hemp Management Guide for Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska  What we have learned so far ....

Report on Cowpeas  This report was taken from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture’s Seventeenth Biennial Report, Part I, printed circa 1907.  The information is old, but much of the research is relevant to us today.  This contains a great deal of valuable information about the benefits of cowpeas.

Cover Crops:  A Chart of Common Species and Properties

Cover Crop Seed
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• Cover Crop and Forage Seed Sources

• Green Cover Seed

• Star Seed

• Cover Crops and Grass Seeds

Sunn Hemp Seed Orders

Sunn Hemp Seed can be ordered from:

Kauffman Seeds of Haven, KS    attn: Tom Clayman   kaufseed@speednet.com    800-634-2836 

Desert Sun Marketing   Phoenix, AZ    480-940-4431

Don't wait!  This seed must be imported and does take some time to be received.  Order your seed now! Note:  all rights and obligations for seed orders are between the buyer and seller.  No-till on the Plains, Inc. assumes no liability.