Resources

Cover Crop Recipes: Post Corn Silage, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye

Published on August 18, 2020
This publication is intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems.
Cover Crops Following Wheat

Published on July 30, 2020
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 30 2020, focuses on cover crops following wheat, presented by Dean Baas, MSU cover crops specialist.
Killing Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens

Published on November 6, 2019
A cover crop left to seed can become a weed when growing your next crop. This guide helps growers establish a strategy for killing and incorporating cover crops in their urban farms and gardens.
Choosing Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens

Published on November 6, 2019
Use this guidance to compare benefits of different cover crops for urban gardens, choose cover crops that meet your needs and then add them to your growing practice.
Benefits of Cover Crops in Urban Farms and Gardens

Published on November 6, 2019
Cover crops are useful to all farms, regardless of their size, and can help address challenges unique to urban growers. This table will assist you to identify some of the ways cover crops can help address urban agriculture challenges.
Cover Crop Recipes: Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye

Published on August 23, 2019
This publication is intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems.
Cover Crop Recipes: Post Wheat, Going to Soybean or Corn: Use Oats and Radish Mix

Published on August 23, 2019
This publication is intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems.
Cover Crop Recipes: Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye

Published on August 23, 2019
This publication is intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems.
Cover Crops for Preventative Planting, Forage and Following Wheat

Published on July 18, 2019
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for July 18, 2019, focused on cover crops for preventative planting, forage and following wheat, presented by Dean Baas, MSU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator.
Organic matter basics

Published on February 19, 2018
Getting started with organic matter basics.