Cover Crops
The roots of cover crops help hold the soil in place and thus provide resilience to soil erosion during heavy wind or rainfall events. Some cover crops have deep and extensive root systems that move carbon deep into the soil profile, and can break up compacted soil layers to improve infiltration and drainage.
Download the 18″x12″ cover crop roots poster to use for your educational needs.
Download individual cover crop root photos for educational purposes from Flickr.
Videos: Cropping Systems & Cover Crops
Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab
The Cornell Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab conducts research on cover crop interseeding, perennial grains, forage intercropping, and more.
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Cover Crop Guide for New York Vegetable Growers
This is an online tool to help you quickly narrow the choices of cover crop for your situation. Prof. Thomas Björkman in the Horticulture Section at Cornell University developed this resource.
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Northeast Cover Crop Council
The Northeast Cover Crop Council works to foster collaboration across the Northeast, provide resources, and develop web-based cover crop decision support tools.
Cover Crop Calculator
This Cover Crop Calculator is a comprehensive tool designed to help farmers and planners select, price, and calculate seeding rates for monocultures and cover crop mixes based on specific functions, competitive characteristics, and planting methods. It includes detailed columns for species grouping, seeding method adjustments, and cost planning, providing flexible, data-driven support for optimizing cover crop use.