Managing Cover Crops Profitably

By Sare Outreach. 2007

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Improved evaluation of cover crop species by growth and root factors (2010, background): “Clark (2007) pointed out that dry conditions could reduce germination and retard early growth of vetch.”
Integrating Cover Crops for Nitrogen Management in Corn Systems on Northeastern U.S. Dairies (2015, background): “However, in the lower hardiness zones of the Northeast, crimson clover will winterkill (Clark, 2007) and while hairy vetch and red clover can overwinter, they will require seeding before September (Table 1) to be viable options, limiting their use to small grain rotations on the cash grain farms.”
Contrasting effects of cover crops on ‘hot spot’ arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in organic tomato (2014, background): “Cover crops reduce seasonal fallow periods, increase diversity in the rotation, improve soil fertility through stimulation of biogeochemical cycles and suppress weeds (Clark 2007).”
Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia): a beneficial forage legume (2011, background): “…ten times more bees than Trifolium repens (Rosov, 1952; McGregor, 1976; Kells, 2001) and are visited by managed and indigenous pollinator insect species, including Apis, Bombus and Osmia (Horne, 1995; Clement et al., 2006; Howes, 2007; USDA SARE, 2007; Westphal et al., 2008; Taki et al., 2009).”