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Dennis Busch, Kishan Mahmud, Jane M. F. Johnson, A. N. Papanicolaou, John M. Baker, Andrew D. CartmillUnknown Hub (2024)

The LTAR Integrated Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River BasinPlatteville.

Soil Health ImprovementWisconsin

The use of cover cropping, as one element in a continuous living cover approach, has the potential to protect water quality and promote soil health, but overall U.S. acreage in cover crops as well as adoption rates remain low.

Soil Health ImprovementWisconsin

Jessica Gutknecht, Ann Journey, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Hava K. Blair, Anna M. CatesUnknown Hub (2022)

Cover crop management practices to promote soil health and climate adaptation: Grappling with varied success from farmer and researcher observations.

Soil Health ImprovementMinnesota

Sejin Cheong, Carolyn Chandler-Khayd, Sequoia R. Williams, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Peiman Aminabadi, Michele T. Jay‐Russell, E Evans, Lee Klossner, Paulo H. Pagliari, Patricia D. Millner, Annette Kenney, Fawzy Hashem, Amber R. Sciligo, Alda F. A. PiresUnknown Hub (2024)

California

Logan M. Simon, Augustine K. Obour, Johnathon D. Holman, S. K. Johnson, Kraig L. RoozeboomUnknown Hub (2021)

Kansas

Logan M. Simon, Augustine K. Obour, Johnathon D. Holman, Kraig L. RoozeboomUnknown Hub (2020)

This study examined long-term cover crop management effects on soil health in semiarid drylands.

Improved YieldKansas

Lena Simon, A. K. Obour, J. D. Holman, S. K. Johnson, Kraig L. RoozeboomUnknown Hub (2022)

Kansas

Laura Vincent-Caboud, Léa Vereecke, Erin Silva, Josephine PeignéUnknown Hub (2019)

Cover crop effectiveness varies in cover crop-based rotational tillage organic soybean systems based on species and environment.

Improved YieldWisconsin

Brian D. Grebliunas, Shalamar D. Armstrong, William L. PerryUnknown Hub (2016)

Changes in water-extractable organic carbon with cover crop planting under continuous corn silage production.

Carbon SequestrationIllinois

Kenneth R. Olson, S. A. Ebelhar, James LangUnknown Hub (2014)

The use of cover crops for the maintenance and restoration of soil organic carbon and soil productivity of previously eroded soils were evaluated.

Improved YieldIllinois

Availability of dissolved organic carbon drives differences in microbial nitrogencycling processes between two sites with cover crops interseeded into corn.

Nutrient ManagementMichigan

Khandakar Rafiq Islam, Warren A. Dick, Dexter B. Watts, Javier M. Gonzalez, Norman R. Fausey, Dennis C. Flanagan, Randall C. Reeder, Tara T. VanToai, Marvin T. BatteUnknown Hub (2022)

Gypsum, crop rotation, and cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon and biological dynamics in rainfed transitional no-till corn-soybean systems.

Soil Health ImprovementAlabama

Katherine R. Merriman, Prasad Daggupati, Raghavan Srinivasan, Brett A. HayhurstUnknown Hub (2019)

Tennessee

Rob Wilson, Darrin Culp, Skyler Peterson, Kevin Nicholson, Daniel GeisselerUnknown Hub (2019)

Cover crops proved effective at increasing soil nitrogen for organic potato production.

Nutrient ManagementCalifornia

Amanda J. Ashworth, Fred L. Allen, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Phillip Owens, Carl E. SamsUnknown Hub (2018)

Crop rotations and poultry litter affect dynamic soil chemical properties and soil biota long term.

Soil Health ImprovementTennessee

Nicole E. Tautges, Jessica Chiartas, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Anthony Debons, Israel Herrera, Kate M. ScowUnknown Hub (2019)

Deep soil inventories reveal that impacts of cover crops and compost on soil carbon sequestration differ in surface and subsurface soils.

Carbon SequestrationCalifornia

Elina M. Snyder, Heather D. Karsten, William S. Curran, Glenna M. Malcolm, Jeffrey A. HydeUnknown Hub (2016)

This study compared weed control, crop yields, herbicide use, and economic performance of red clover and hairy vetch in a notill winter cereal–green manure–corn silage cropping sequence in central Pennsylvania.

Economic ViabilityPennsylvania
New Hampshire

Hans W. Klopp, Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Michael Sindelar, Virginia L. Jin, Marty R. Schmer, Richard B. FergusonUnknown Hub (2023)

Crop residue removal may negatively affect soil mechanical properties, which are key components of soil quality. To evaluate potential long-term effects, we assessed the 10-yr impact of corn residue removal on surface soil mechanical characteristics.

Soil Health ImprovementNebraska

S.P. Syswerda, Bruno Basso, Stephen K. Hamilton, J.B. Tausig, G. Philip RobertsonUnknown Hub (2012)

Long-term nitrate loss along an agricultural intensity gradient in the Upper Midwest USA.

Water Quality ImprovementMichigan

Jason Motsinger, Prasanta K. Kalita, Rabin BhattaraiUnknown Hub (2016)

The formation of hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico can be traced to agricultural watersheds in the Midwestern United States that are artificially drained in order to make the land suitable for agriculture.

Water Quality ImprovementIllinois

The initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under notill vs. conventional tillage.

Reduced EmissionsMichigan

Samuel I. Haruna, Nsalambi V. NkongoloUnknown Hub (2019)

Tillage, Cover Crop and Crop Rotation Effects on Selected Soil Chemical Properties.

Soil Organic Matter IncreaseMissouri

Theresa Boas, Heye Bogena, Thomas Grünwald, Bernard Heinesch, Dongryeol Ryu, Marius Schmidt, Harry Vereecken, Andrew W. Western, Harrie‐Jan Hendricks FranssenUnknown Hub (2021)

Alabama

Use of Crop Rotations, Cover Crops and Green Manures for Disease Suppression in Potato Cropping Systems.

Improved YieldMaine

Audrey V. Gamble, Julie A. Howe, Kris B. Balkcom, C. W. Wood, Nicolás DiLorenzo, Dexter B. Watts, Edzard van SantenUnknown Hub (2019)

Connecticut

Debankur Sanyal, Avik Mukherjee, Amin Rahhal, Johnathon Wolthuizen, David Karki, Jason D. Clark, Anthony BlyUnknown Hub (2023)

North Carolina

Long term influence of alternative corn cropping practices on soil health, yields and forage quality.

Soil Health ImprovementVermont

Radomir Schmidt, Kelly Gravuer, Anne V. Bossange, Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Kate M. ScowUnknown Hub (2018)

Long-term use of cover crops and no-till shift soil microbial community life strategies in agricultural soil.

Soil Health ImprovementCalifornia

Amin Nouri, Daniel C. Yoder, Mohammad Raji, Şafak Ceylan, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jaehoon Lee, Forbes Walker, Xinhua Yin, Judith Fitzpatrick, Brady Trexler, Prakash R. Arelli, Arnold M. SaxtonUnknown Hub (2021)

Conservation agriculture increases the soil resilience and cotton yield stability in climate extremes of the southeast US.

Nutrient ManagementTennessee

Mark A. Liebig, Verónica Acosta‐Martínez, David W. Archer, Jonathan J. Halvorson, John Hendrickson, Scott L. Kronberg, S. Samson‐Liebig, Jennifer M. VetterUnknown Hub (2022)

Conservation practices induce tradeoffs in soil function: observations from the northern Great Plains.

Soil Health ImprovementNorth Dakota

Brady Goettl, Bryce James Andersen, Thomas M. DeSutter, David W. Franzen, Abbey F. WickUnknown Hub (2024)

Interseeded cover crops in widerow corn: An opportunity for northern cropping systems.

Improved YieldNorth Dakota

Martha C. Anderson, George R. Diak, Feng Gao, Kyle Knipper, Christopher Hain, Elke Eichelmann, Kyle S. Hemes, Dennis Baldocchi, William P. Kustas, Yun YangUnknown Hub (2019)

This paper investigates the practical utility of three different insolation data sources within the context of a satellite-based remote sensing framework for mapping evapotranspiration at high spatiotemporal resolution, in an application over the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region in California.

Practical utility of three different insolation data sources in a satellite-based remote sensing framework for mapping ET at high spatiotemporal resolution.Wisconsin

Ajoy Kumar Saha, John McMaine, Todd P. Trooien, Peter Sexton, Christopher GrahamUnknown Hub (2023)

Connecticut

Yun Yang, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Christopher Hain, Asko Noormets, Ge Sun, Randolph H. Wynne, Valerie A. Thomas, Liang SunUnknown Hub (2018)

We apply a multi-sensor satellite data fusion approach to study the response of forest ET to drought and disturbance over a 7-year period.

Improved YieldNorth Carolina

Mark A. Ditmer, David L. Garshelis, Karen V. Noyce, Andrew W. Haveles, John FiebergUnknown Hub (2015)

Are American black bears in an agricultural landscape being sustained by crops?.

Biodiversity EnhancementMinnesota

Lloyd L. Nackley, Luke Van Lehman, Owen Van Lehman, James S. Owen, Carolyn F. ScagelUnknown Hub (2024)

This study investigates the potential benefits of using tectonite dust as a soil amendment in central Oregon.

Improved YieldOregon

Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Shannon B. Cappellazzi, Rad Schmidt, Jessica Chiartas, Anil Shrestha, D. C. Reicosky, Howard Ferris, Xiaoke Zhang, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Samuel N. Araya, Courtland Kelly, Steven J. Fonte, Sarah E. Light, Garrett C. Liles, Tom Willey, Robert Roy, Monte Bottens, C. W. Crum, William R. Horwáth, Geoffrey M. Koch, Kate M. ScowUnknown Hub (2024)

A long-term annual crop study in Five Points, California, shows that the combined use of no-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improves soil health compared to conventional practices.

Soil Health ImprovementCalifornia

Amanda K. Hodson, Edwin E. LewisUnknown Hub (2016)

UC researchers have pioneered many ways of managing soil biology for pest management, including strategies such as soil solarization, steam treatment and anaerobic soil disinfestation.

Soil Health ImprovementCalifornia

Cristina Lazcano, Noelymar Gonzalez‐Maldonado, Erika H. Yao, Connie T. F. Wong, Jenna J. Merrilees, Mia Falcone, Jean C. Dodson Peterson, L. Federico Casassa, Charlotte DecockUnknown Hub (2021)

Sheep grazing as a strategy to manage cover crops in Mediterranean vineyards: short-term effects on soil C, N and greenhouse gas emissions.

Reduced EmissionsCalifornia

Alejandro Plastina, Fangge Liu, Fernando E. Miguez, Sarah CarlsonUnknown Hub (2018)

Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns.

Economic ViabilityIllinois

Guillermo S. Marcillo, Fernando E. MiguezUnknown Hub (2017)

Connecticut

Y. Zhang, Lyatt Jaeglé, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Christopher D. Holmes, Helen M. Amos, Qiaoqiao Wang, R. W. Talbot, Richard S. Artz, Steve Brooks, Winston T. Luke, Thomas M. Holsen, Dirk Felton, E. K. Miller, K. D. Perry, D. Schmeltz, A. Steffen, R. Tordon, P. S. Weiss‐Penzias, R. ZsolwayUnknown Hub (2012)

We develop a new nested-grid simulation of mercury wet deposition over North America with a 1/2° latitude by 2/3° longitude horizontal resolution.

Reduced EmissionsCalifornia

Devyn McPheeters, Mary Ann Bruns, Heather D. Karsten, Curtis J. DellUnknown Hub (2022)

Integrated weed management with strategic tillage can maintain soil quality in continuous living cover systems.

Weed SuppressionPennsylvania

W. Dean Hively, Sjoerd W. Duiker, Gregory W. McCarty, Kusuma PrabhakaraUnknown Hub (2015)

Delaware

Barbara Chami, Meredith T. Niles, Stephen Parry, Steven B. Mirsky, Victoria J. Ackroyd, Matthew R. RyanUnknown Hub (2023)

Incentive programs promote cover crop adoption in the northeastern United States.

Soil Health ImprovementMaryland

Quirine M. Ketterings, Sheryl N. Swink, Sjoerd W. Duiker, Karl Czymmek, Douglas B. Beegle, W. J. CoxUnknown Hub (2015)

Integrating cover crops for nitrogen management in corn systems on Northeastern U.S. Dairies.

Nutrient ManagementNew York

Khushboo Jain, Ranjeet John, Nathan Torbick, Venkatesh Kolluru, Sakshi Saraf, Abhinav Chandel, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Meghann JarchowUnknown Hub (2024)

South Dakota

Liang Sun, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Christopher Hain, Joseph G. Alfieri, Amirreza Sharifi, Gregory W. McCarty, Yun Yang, Yang Yang, William P. Kustas, L. McKeeUnknown Hub (2017)

Investigating water use over the Choptank River Watershed using a multisatellite data fusion approach.

Water Quality ImprovementMaryland

Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, John Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahal, Anthony BlyUnknown Hub (2023)

Cover crop composition in longterm notill soils in semiarid environments do not influence soil health measurements after one year.

Soil Health ImprovementSouth Dakota

Michael C. Wimberly, Justin K. Davis, Michelle Evans, Andrea Hess, Philip M. Newberry, Nicole Solano, Courtney C. MurdockUnknown Hub (2020)

Georgia

Kathryn Semmens, Martha C. Anderson, William P. Kustas, Feng Gao, Joseph G. Alfieri, L. McKee, John H. Prueger, Christopher Hain, Carmelo Cammalleri, Yun Yang, Ting Xia, Luis Sánchez, María Mar Alsina, Mónica VélezUnknown Hub (2015)

California

Qianfeng Wang, Jingyu Zeng, Junyu Qi, Xuesong Zhang, Yue Zeng, Wei Shui, Zhanghua Xu, Rongrong Zhang, Xiaoping Wu, Jiang CongUnknown Hub (2021)

Alabama

Katja Koehler‐Cole, Andrea Basche, Laura Thompson, Jennifer ReesUnknown Hub (2023)

Comparing cover crop research in farmer-led and researcher-led experiments in the Western Corn Belt.

Improved YieldNebraska

Girma Birru, Andualem Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Marty R. Schmer, Virginia L. Jin, Brian Wardlow, Katja Koehler‐Cole, Tala Awada, Sarah E. Johnson‐Beebout, Teferi Tsegaye, Tulsi KahrelUnknown Hub (2023)

Simulated impacts of winter rye cover crop on continuous corn yield and soil parameters.

Improved YieldNebraska

Denise M. Finney, Jeffrey S. Buyer, Jason P. KayeUnknown Hub (2017)

Living cover crops have immediate impacts on soil microbial community structure and function.

Soil Health ImprovementPennsylvania

Fernanda Souza Krupek, Steven Mugisha Mizero, Daren D. Redfearn, Andrea BascheUnknown Hub (2022)

Assessing how cover crops close the soil health gap in onfarm experiments.

Improved YieldNebraska

Ian J. Bonner, David J. Muth, Joshua Koch, Douglas L. KarlenUnknown Hub (2014)

Modeled impacts of cover crops and vegetative barriers on corn stover availability and soil quality.

Improved YieldIllinois

María B. Villamil, Fernando E. Miguez, Germán A. BolleroUnknown Hub (2008)

Multivariate Analysis and Visualization of Soil Quality Data for NoTill Systems.

Nutrient ManagementIllinois

Siqi Ma, Xuelei Zhang, Chao Gao, Daniel Tong, Aijun Xiu, Guangjian Wu, Xinyuan Cao, Ling Huang, Hongmei Zhao, Shichun Zhang, Sérgio Ibarra-Espinosa, Xin Wang, Xiaolan Li, Dan MoUnknown Hub (2019)

Alabama

Gabrielle Roesch‐McNally, Andrea Basche, J. Gordon Arbuckle, John Tyndall, Fernando E. Miguez, Troy Bowman, Rebecca ClayUnknown Hub (2017)

Cover crops are known to promote many aspects of soil and water quality, yet estimates find that in 2012 only 2.3% of the total agricultural lands in the Midwest were using cover crops.

Water Quality ImprovementIowa

Joseph A. Burke, Katie L. Lewis, Paul B. DeLaune, Christopher J. Cobos, J. Wayne KeelingUnknown Hub (2022)

Soil Water Dynamics and Cotton Production Following Cover Crop Use in a Semi-Arid Ecoregion.

Improved YieldTexas

Delayed cover-crop termination and reduced herbicide inputs produce trade-offs in soybean phase of US Northeast forage-grain rotation.

Weed SuppressionPennsylvania

David L. Wright, Jeff Moyer, Danielle Treadwell, Ian M. Small, Sheeja GeorgeUnknown Hub (2021)

Transitioning from Conventional to Organic Farming Using Conservation Tillage.

Water Use EfficiencyFlorida

Tillage and liquid dairy manure effects on overland flow nutrient and sediment loss potential in an Upper Midwest corn silage-winter triticale cropping system.

Nutrient ManagementWisconsin

Thioro Fall, Ariel Freidenreich, Stacy Swartz, Christopher Vincent, Li Y, Zachary BrymUnknown Hub (2020)

This document synthesizes information about the warm season cover crop sunn hemp. The question-and-answer format addresses frequently asked questions for growers.

A Promising Cover Crop in Florida.Florida

Steven C. Haring, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Bradley D. HansonUnknown Hub (2023)

Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems.

Pest & Disease ManagementCalifornia

Calvin D. Meeks, John L. Snider, Stanley Culpepper, Gary L. HawkinsUnknown Hub (2020)

Applying plant-based irrigation scheduling to assess water use efficiency of cotton following a high-biomass rye cover crop.

Improved YieldGeorgia

Rabin KC, Gregg A. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Strock, Nicholas R. Jordan, Axel García y GarcíaUnknown Hub (2023)

Arkansas

Sapana Pokhrel, Rory O. Maguire, Wade E. Thomason, Ryan D. Stewart, Michael L. Flessner, Mark S. ReiterUnknown Hub (2024)

Soil health indicators for predicting corn nitrogen requirement in longterm cover cropping.

Improved YieldVirginia
North Carolina

F. C. dos Santos, Manoel Ricardo de Albuquerque Filho, Johnny Rodrigues Soares, Tanjila Jesmin, Noel Manirakiza, M. C. T. da Silveira, I. de C. Mendes, Maria Inês Lopes de Oliveira, Suraj Melkani, Antônio Carlos Reis de Freitas, Juaci Vitória Malaquias, Jehangir H. BhadhaUnknown Hub (2025)

Organic matter: a critical soil health indicator in agrosystems within the Cerrado of Bahia, Brazil and South Florida, USA.

Soil Health ImprovementFlorida

Perejitei E. Bekewe, Jamie L. Foster, Clark Neely, Haly Neely, Katie L. Lewis, Lauren E. Tomlin, Ronnie W. Schnell, A. Peyton Smith, Thomas W. Boutton, Brandon GerrishUnknown Hub (2022)

Connecticut

Katie L. Black, Gregg A. Johnson, M. Scott Wells, Axel García y García, Jacob M. Jungers, Jeffrey S. StrockUnknown Hub (2024)

Landscape position influences perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas.

Improved YieldMinnesota

G. Philip Robertson, Brook Wilke, Tayler C. Ulbrich, Nick M. Haddad, Stephen K. Hamilton, Dean G. Baas, Bruno Basso, Jennifer Blesh, Timothy J. Boring, Laura Campbell, K. A. Cassida, Christine Charles, Jiquan Chen, Julie E. Doll, Tian Guo, Alexandra Kravchenko, Douglas A. Landis, Sandra T. Marquart‐Pyatt, Maninder P. Singh, Christine D. Sprunger, Jason SteginkUnknown Hub (2024)

The Kellogg Biological Station Longterm Agroecosystem Research site (KBS LTAR) joined the national LTAR network in 2015 to represent a northeast portion of the North Central Region, extending across 76,000 km 2 of southern Michigan and northern Indiana.

Soil Health ImprovementIndiana

Alyssa N. Iverson, Thomas B. Moorman, Michelle L. Soupir, Amy J. MorrowUnknown Hub (2022)

Degradation of tetracycline, sulfamethazine, and tylosin in soil from prairie strips and row crops in Iowa.

Water Quality ImprovementIowa

Maik Lucas, Linh T. T. Nguyen, Andrey Guber, Alexandra KravchenkoUnknown Hub (2022)

Connecticut

Oladapo Adeyemi, Reza Keshavarz-Afshar, Emad Jahanzad, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Yuan Luo, Amir SadeghpourUnknown Hub (2020)

Wheat cover can impose a corn yield penalty (−12.6% in 2018). N timing matters under wet springs: in 2019, delayed/sidedress N improved NUE and yield vs more at-plant N. MRTN tools should account for cereal cover crops via N credit/adjustment.

Yield IncreaseIllinois

Katherine A. Dynarski, Skye Wills, Tiffany Carter, Ekundayo Adeleke, Divya Kandanool, Kristen S. VeumMaharjan Lab (2025)

The study demonstrates the utility of the USDA-NRCS ecological site approach for defining dynamic soil property benchmarks and thresholds associated with management alternatives, and can guide other global soil health benchmarking efforts.

Soil Health ImprovementNebraska

Yolima Carrillo, Colin Bell, Akihiro Koyama, Alberto Canarini, Claudia M. Boot, Matthew Wallenstein, Elise PendallPastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2017)

Soil stoichiometry, driven by plant chemical traits, appeared to be the strongest driver of priming. This shows that shifts in plant communities involving increases in N relative to P can cause carbon loss.

Soil Health ImprovementColorado

Cover-Crop Roller–Crimper Contributes to Weed Management in No-Till Soybean.

Weed SuppressionIllinois

Ted S. Kornecki, Andrew PriceNational Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2019)

A three year on-farm conservation-tillage experiment was initiated in fall of 2008 at Randle Farm LLC, located in Auburn, AL.

Improved YieldAlabama

Ted S. Kornecki, Francisco J. Arriaga, Andrew J. PriceNational Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2012)

A field experiment was conducted in Cullman, AL, to evaluate the effects of three different rollers/crimpers on the termination of a winter cover crop, soil moisture, and yield of sweet corn in a no-till system.

Improved YieldAlabama

Planting Date Impacts on Soil Water Management, Plant Growth, and Weeds in CoverCropBased NoTill Corn Production.

Improved YieldNorth Carolina

Cara M. Peterson, Harry H. Schomberg, Alondra I. Thompson, Steven B. Mirsky, Kate TullyUnknown Hub (2025)

In humid regions such as the mid-Atlantic United States, growers may not observe differences in soil moisture or temperature between mechanical or chemical termination methods.

Pollinator SupportMaryland

David E. Clay, Ronald Alverson, Jane M. F. Johnson, Douglas L. Karlen, Sharon A. Clay, Michael Wang, Stephanie A. Bruggeman, Shaina WesthoffUnknown Hub (2018)

Crop Residue Management Challenges: A Special Issue.

Improved YieldSouth Dakota

Saurav Das, Sahila Beegum, Bharat Sharma Acharya, Dinesh PandayRodale Institute (2025)

Soil HealthPennsylvania

Rita Seidel, Jeff Moyer, Kris Nichols, V. V. BhosekarUnknown Hub (2015)

Soil HealthPennsylvania

Marianne Sarrantonio, T. W. ScottRodale Institute (1988)

CT released more vetch N (recovery ~55–56% vs ~22–29% NT) and raised soil inorganic N, but yield depended on weather: NT benefited in a dry year (moisture), CT won in 1986. Manage for N–water tradeoffs.

Soil HealthPennsylvania
Soil HealthPennsylvania

Laurie E. Drinkwater, Peggy Wagoner, Marianne SarrantonioRodale Institute (1998)

Long-term soil C and N gains aren’t just “more inputs.” Residue quality + crop-sequence diversity matter: low C:N organic residues and more temporally diverse rotations increased soil C/N retention.

Soil HealthPennsylvania

Rajan Ghimire, Binod Ghimire, Abdel O. Mesbah, Upendra M. Sainju, Omololu J. IdowuNMSU Clovis (2019)

Oat and its mixture with other cover crops show promises to improve soil health and resilience in semi-arid systems

Soil Health ImprovementNew Mexico

Vesh R. Thapa, Rajan Ghimire, Verónica Acosta-Martínez, Mark A. Marsalis, Meagan E. SchipanskiNMSU Clovis (2021)

Cover cropping enhances microbial abundance, enzyme activity & C-N cycling in semi-arid systems

Soil Health ImprovementNew Mexico

Gernot Bodner, Axel Mentler, Katharina KeiblingerPastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2021)

Rotations with a minimum duration of bare fallow periods and integration of cover crops contribute to structural soil properties.

Soil Health ImprovementMaryland

Andrea D. Basche, Oliver F. EdelsonPastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2017)

This study provides insight into how land use centered on agroecological principles affords greater water resilience, at multiple scales.

BiodiversityIowa

Anuo, C. O., Li, L., Moreland, K. C., McFarlane, K. J., Malakar, A., Cooper, J. A., Maharjan, B., & Kaiser, M.Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2024)

Land use change from native grasslands to arable lands globally impacts soil ecosystem functions, including the storage of soil organic carb

Soil Health ImprovementNebraska

Tatiane Severo Silva, Lindsay Chamberlain Malone, Matthew D. Ruark, Chad D. Lee, David Jordan, Hanna J. Poffenbarger, Herman J. Kandel, Jeremy Ross, John M. Gaska, Joseph G. Lauer, Laura E. Lindsey, Maninder Pal Singh, Mark A. Licht, Michael Plumblee, Rachel A. Vann, Rodrigo Werle, Spyridon Mourtzinis, Seth L. Naeve, Trenton L. Roberts, Shawn P. ConleyUnknown Hub (2025)

Soil Health ImprovementNorth Dakota

Rajan Ghimire, Vesh R. Thapa, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Meagan Schipanski, Lindsey C. Slaughter, Steven J. Fonte, Manoj K. Shukla, Prakriti Bista, Sangamesh V. Angadi, Maysoon M. Mikha, Olufemi Adebayo, Tess Noble StrohmNMSU Clovis (2023)

Soil Health ImprovementNew Mexico

Soil carbon sequestration potential and the identification of hotspots in the eastern Corn Belt of the United States.

Improved YieldIndiana

Uriel D. Menalled, Sarah J. Pethybridge, Chris J. Pelzer, Richard G. Smith, Antonio DiTommaso, Matthew R. RyanUnknown Hub (2021)

High seeding rates and low soil nitrogen environments optimize weed suppression and crop yield in organic no-till planted soybean.

Improved YieldNew York

M. G. Mostofa Amin, Tamie L. Veith, James S. Shortle, Heather D. Karsten, Peter J. A. KleinmanUnknown Hub (2020)

Regulatory watershed mitigation programs typically emphasize widespread adoption of best management practices to meet total maximum daily loads. However, the spatial resolution of the bay-level model used to determine these load reduction goals is so coarse that the regulatory plan cannot consider heterogeneity in local conditions, which affects BMP effectiveness.

Nutrient ManagementPennsylvania

Curtis J. Dell, Heather D. Karsten, Carrie A. M. Laboski, Thomas S. Adams, Sarah Goslee, Paul R. AdlerUnknown Hub (2024)

The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment in the Upper Chesapeake Bay aims to evaluate diverse crop rotations that minimize the need for imported feed, maximize year-round living cover, and reduce nutrient losses.

Nutrient ManagementPennsylvania

Maheteme Gebremedhin, Sait Sarr, Mark S. Coyne, Ann M. Freytag, K. R. SistaniUnknown Hub (2020)

Does potentially mineralizable nitrogen predict maize yield in newly cropped soil?.

Improved YieldKentucky

Sait Sarr, Mark S. Coyne, Maheteme Gebremedhin, Avinash M. Topè, Shreya V PatelUnknown Hub (2020)

Cover Crop and Fertility Effects on Escherichia coli Abundance in a Composted Poultry Litter-Amended Silt Loam Soil.

Soil Health ImprovementKentucky

Brandon E. McNellis, Anna C. Knight, Travis Nauman, S Chambers, Colby Brungard, Stephen E. Fick, Carolyn Livensperger, S Borthwick, Michael C. DuniwayUnknown Hub (2023)

Livestock removal increases plant cover across a heterogeneous dryland landscape on the Colorado Plateau.

Livestock PerformanceUtah

Ayman Nassar, Alfonso F. Torres‐Rua, William P. Kustas, Joseph G. Alfieri, Lawrence E. Hipps, John H. Prueger, Héctor Nieto, María Mar Alsina, William A. White, L. McKee, Calvin Coopmans, Luis Sánchez, Nick DokoozlianUnknown Hub (2021)

Assessing Daily Evapotranspiration Methodologies from One-Time-of-Day sUAS and EC Information in the GRAPEX Project.

Improved YieldUtah

Md Ariful Haque, Seockmo Ku, Samuel I. HarunaUnknown Hub (2024)

North Carolina

Evaluation of single and mixed cover crop species in a sandy loam soil under corn production.

Nutrient ManagementMississippi

Lihua Tian, Tao Wang, Song Cui, Yuan Li, Weiyang Gui, Feng Yang, Jihui Chen, Rui Dong, Xinyao Gu, Xuechun Zhao, Mingjun Zhang, Chao Chen, Zhou LiUnknown Hub (2024)

South Carolina

Surendra Singh, Sindhu Jagadamma, Daniel C. Yoder, Xinhua Yin, Forbes WalkerUnknown Hub (2023)

A weighted soil health index approach for refined assessment of soil health in cropping systems.

Soil Health ImprovementTennessee

Janntul Ferdush, Changyoon Jeong, Hwang‐Ju Jeon, Jim J. Wang, Kyoung S. Ro, Xi Zhang, Meesook LeeUnknown Hub (2024)

California

Salah M. Alagele, D. Cole Diggins, Stephen H. Anderson, Ranjith P. UdawattaUnknown Hub (2023)

Cover crop and biofuel crop effects on hydraulic properties for claypan soils.

Soil Organic Matter IncreaseMissouri

Winter cover cropping to improve soil health in semiarid, irrigated cropping systems of Central Oregon.

Soil Health ImprovementOregon

Ricardo St Aime, William C. Bridges, Sruthi NarayananUnknown Hub (2022)

Fall–winter cover crops promote soil health and weed control in the southeastern clayey soils.

Weed SuppressionSouth Carolina

Samuel I. Haruna, Robert C. Eichas, Olivia M. Peters, Alaina C. Farmer, Devin Q. Lackey, Julia E. Nichols, Wyatt H. Peterson, Neil A. SloneUnknown Hub (2022)

Missouri

Daniel Rath, Nathaniel Bogie, Leonardo Deiss, Sanjai J. Parikh, Daoyuan Wang, Samantha C. Ying, Nicole E. Tautges, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Kate M. ScowUnknown Hub (2022)

Synergy between compost and cover crops in a Mediterranean row crop system leads to increased subsoil carbon storage.

Nutrient ManagementCalifornia

Gevan D. Behnke, Nakian Kim, María B. VillamilUnknown Hub (2020)

Agronomic assessment of cover cropping and tillage practices across environments.

Soil Organic Matter IncreaseIllinois

Harry H. Schomberg, Kathryn E. White, Alondra I. Thompson, Gwendolyn A. Bagley, Allen Burke, Grace Garst, K. Ann Bybee‐Finley, Steven B. MirskyUnknown Hub (2023)

Maryland

Elizabeth Perkus, Julie Grossman, Anne Pfeiffer, Mary Rogers, Carl J. RosenUnknown Hub (2022)

Exploring Overwintered Cover Crops as a Soil Management Tool in Upper-Midwest High Tunnels.

Soil Health ImprovementMinnesota

Sharon Perrone, Julie Grossman, Alex Liebman, M. Scott Wells, Thanwalee Sooksa-nguan, Nicholas R. JordanUnknown Hub (2022)

Legume Cover Crop Contributions to Ecological Nutrient Management in Upper Midwest Vegetable Systems.

Nutrient ManagementMinnesota

D.A. Russell, Gurbir Singh, Nicolas E. Quintana‐Ashwell, Gurpreet Kaur, Drew M. Gholson, L. Jason Krutz, Kelly A. NelsonUnknown Hub (2024)

Cover crops and irrigation impacts on corn production and economic returns.

Water Use EfficiencyMississippi

Gigi DiGiacomo, Miriam F. Gieske, Julie Grossman, Krista Jacobsen, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Cary L. RivardUnknown Hub (2023)

Economic trade-offs: analysis of winter cover crop use in organic tomato high tunnel systems across multiple regions.

Economic ViabilityKansas

Ricardo St Aime, Enoch Noh, William C. Bridges, Sruthi NarayananUnknown Hub (2021)

A comparison of drill and broadcast planting methods for biomass production of two legume cover crops.

The advantage of drilling over broadcasting depends on the cover crop species.South Carolina

Corey Bryant, L. Jason Krutz, Daniel B. Reynolds, Martin A. Locke, Bobby R. Golden, T. Irby, R. Wade Steinriede, G. Dave Spencer, Brian E. Mills, C.W. WoodUnknown Hub (2020)

Mississippi

Kong M. Wong, Marcus Griffiths, Amelia Moran, Andrea Johnston, Alexander Liu, Mitchell A Sellers, Christopher N. ToppUnknown Hub (2023)

Cover crop cultivars differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem services.

Carbon SequestrationMissouri

Gurbir Singh, Madhav Dhakal, Gurpreet Kaur, Jon E. Schoonover, Karl W. J. WilliardUnknown Hub (2022)

Cover crops and landscape positions mediate corn–soybean production in southern Illinois.

Improved YieldIllinois

Alexandre Tonon Rosa, Cody F. Creech, Roger W. Elmore, Daran R. Rudnick, John L. Lindquist, Liberty Butts, Italo Kaye Pinho de Faria, Rodrigo WerleUnknown Hub (2021)

Nebraska

Gurbir Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Karl W. J. Williard, Jon E. SchoonoverUnknown Hub (2021)

Cover crops and tillage effects on carbon–nitrogen pools: A lysimeter study.

Water Quality ImprovementIllinois

Jyoti S. Jennewein, Brian T. Lamb, W. Dean Hively, Alison Thieme, Resham Thapa, Avi Goldsmith, Steven B. MirskyUnknown Hub (2022)

Integrating satellite-based optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery to estimate winter cover crop biomass in cereal grasses.

Nutrient ManagementMaryland

Dinesh Panday, Nsalambi V. NkongoloUnknown Hub (2021)

No Tillage Improved Soil Pore Space Indices under Cover Crop and Crop Rotation.

Soil pore space indices are affected by tillage system, cover crop and crop rotation.Missouri

Sadia Alam Shammi, Yanbo Huang, Gary Feng, Haile Tewolde, Xin Zhang, Johnie N. Jenkins, Mark W. ShankleUnknown Hub (2024)

Application of UAV Multispectral Imaging to Monitor Soybean Growth with Yield Prediction through Machine Learning.

Improved YieldMississippi

Nathanael M. Thompson, Shalamar D. Armstrong, Richard Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Carson ReelingUnknown Hub (2020)

Shortrun net returns to a cereal rye cover crop mix in a midwest corn–soybean rotation.

Economic ViabilityIllinois

Teerath Rai, Nicole Lee, Martin Williams, Adam S. Davis, María B. Villamil, Hamze DokoohakiUnknown Hub (2023)

A probabilistic assessment of winter cover crop impacts on regional crop yield and soil carbon.

Carbon SequestrationIllinois

Kolby R. Grint, Nicholas J. Arneson, Francisco J. Arriaga, Ryan P. DeWerff, Maxwel C. Oliveira, Daniel H. Smith, David E. Stoltenberg, Rodrigo WerleUnknown Hub (2022)

Cover crops and preemergence herbicides: An integrated approach for weed management in corn-soybean systems in the US Midwest.

Weed SuppressionWisconsin

Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Marcelo Zimmer, Lucas O. R. Maia, Shalamar D. Armstrong, Bryan G. Young, William G. JohnsonUnknown Hub (2023)

Field experiments were conducted at three locations in Indiana to assess weed suppression by cereal rye and residual herbicide premixes in no-till corn.

Weed SuppressionIndiana

Richard Roth, Kanru Chen, John R. Scott, Jinha Jung, Yang Yang, James J. Camberato, Shalamar D. ArmstrongUnknown Hub (2023)

Prediction of Cereal Rye Cover Crop Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation using Multi-Temporal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Visible-Spectrum Vegetation Indices.

Nutrient ManagementIndiana

Alejandro Plastina, Jyotsna Acharya, Fernando Marcos, Md. Rasel Parvej, Mark A. Licht, Alison E. RobertsonUnknown Hub (2023)

Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable?.

Economic ViabilityIowa

Srinivasa R. Pinnamaneni, Partson Mubvumba, Saseendran S. Anapalli, Krishna N. ReddyUnknown Hub (2022)

Cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop improves soil physico-chemical properties with no influence on soybean root growth parameters.

Soil Organic Matter IncreaseMississippi

This study investigated the effects of different cereal rye termination timings on weed control and corn performance in a two-pass herbicide program across 5 site-years in Arkansas, USA.

Weed SuppressionArkansas

Victor Hugo Vidal Ribeiro, Maxwel C. Oliveira, Daniel H. Smith, José Barbosa dos Santos, Rodrigo WerleUnknown Hub (2021)

Evaluating efficacy of preemergence soybean herbicides using field treated soil in greenhouse bioassays.

Weed SuppressionWisconsin

Helen MacGill Hughes, Shelby C. McClelland, Meagan E. Schipanski, Jonathan HillierUnknown Hub (2023)

Alabama

Hannah L. Decker, Audrey V. Gamble, Kipling S. Balkcom, Anna M. Johnson, Noah R. HullUnknown Hub (2022)

Cover crop monocultures and mixtures affect soil health indicators and crop yield in the southeast United States.

Soil Health ImprovementAlabama

Yurui Xie, Zachary E. Black, Nan Xu, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Dustin Huff, Xin ZhaoUnknown Hub (2023)

Influence of Sunn Hemp Biomass Incorporation on Organic Strawberry Production.

Nutrient ManagementFlorida

Jianyu Li, Xin Zhao, Gabriel Maltais‐Landry, Bodh R. PaudelUnknown Hub (2020)

The dynamics of soil nitrogen availability following soil incorporation of sunn hemp in organic strawberry production systems in Florida.

Nutrient ManagementFlorida

Ariel Freidenreich, Sanku Dattamudi, Li Y, K. JayachandranUnknown Hub (2022)

Sunn hemp and velvet bean intercropped with young carambola trees in a no-till tropical fruit orchard.

Nutrient ManagementFlorida

Jacob H. Felsman, Ahmadreza Mobli, José J. Nunes, Ryan P. DeWerff, David E. Stoltenberg, Christopher A. Baxter, Rodrigo WerleUnknown Hub (2025)

Weed management programs utilizing high biomass cereal rye cover crop in Wisconsin soybean production systems are increasing in popularity.

Improved YieldWisconsin

Annu Kumari, Andrew J. Price, Nicholas E. Korres, Audrey V. Gamble, Steve LiUnknown Hub (2023)

A field experiment was conducted to estimate the influence of a high biomass crimson clover cover crop and conservation tillage on the critical period of weed control in corn.

Weed SuppressionAlabama

Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. KichlerUnknown Hub (2022)

Effectiveness of Cover Crop Termination Methods on No-Till Cantaloupe.

Improved YieldAlabama

A field experiment was conducted at the National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn, AL, USA, between the summers of 2015 and 2017 to determine the effectiveness of an experimental roller/crimper in mechanically terminating summer cover crops.

Water Use EfficiencyAlabama

A three-year replicated field experiment was initiated in the fall of 2014 to determine the effects of recurring rolling by experimental rollers/crimpers in terminating a cereal rye cover crop in central Alabama and how multiple rolling affected soil strength.

Improved YieldAlabama

Ted S. Kornecki, Manuel R. ReyesUnknown Hub (2020)

Equipment Development for Small and Urban Conservation Farming Systems.

Pest & Disease ManagementAlabama

Cordelia H. Machanoff, Matthew C. Vann, Alex Woodley, David H. SuchoffUnknown Hub (2022)

North Carolina

A 3-year experiment was initiated in Alabama to determine the effectiveness of a 4-stage roller/crimper in increasing termination rates for cereal rye compared to 2-stage and spiral rollers.

Improved YieldAlabama

Jess M. Bunchek, John M. Wallace, William S. Curran, David A. Mortensen, Mark J. VanGessel, Barbara A. ScottUnknown Hub (2020)

Alternative performance targets for integrating cover crops as a proactive herbicide-resistance management tool.

Weed SuppressionDelaware

Potential of cover crop use and termination with a roller-crimper in a strip-till silage maize production system in the Central Valley of California.

Improved YieldCalifornia

Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. KichlerNational Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2022)

A no-till experiment was conducted in Auburn, AL U.S.A. to evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental two-stage roller/crimper in reoccurring rolling over the same area planted with a cereal rye-crimson clover cover crop mix and its influence on bush bean yield.

Improved YieldAlabama

Oladapo Adeyemi, Reza Keshavarz Afshar, Emad Jahanzad, Martín Leonardo Battaglia, Luo Yuan, Amir SadeghpourUnknown Hub (2020)

A two-year field trail was conducted to evaluate whether split N application affects nitrogen use efficiency of corn with and without a wheat cover crop.

Nutrient ManagementIllinois

Ziliang Zhang, Jason P. Kaye, Brosi A. Bradley, Joseph P. Amsili, Vidya SuseelaUnknown Hub (2022)

Cover crop functional types differentially alter the content and composition of soil organic carbon in particulate and mineralassociated fractions.

Soil Health ImprovementIllinois

Cover crop-based reduced tillage (CCBRT) systems can provide multiple benefits in cucurbit cropping systems, including potential to reduce spread of soil-borne pathogens, minimize erosion, and decrease weed pressure.

Improved YieldWisconsin

Haley Rylander, Anusuya Rangarajan, Ryan M. Maher, Mark G. Hutton, Nicholas W. Rowley, M. T. McGrath, Zachary F. SextonUnknown Hub (2020)

Black plastic tarps applied on the soil surface and removed at planting can help suppress weeds before planting and reduce farmers’ reliance on tillage.

Nutrient ManagementNew York

Joby M. Prince Czarnecki, Beth H. Baker, Jing Hu, John PrevostUnknown Hub (2024)

Cover crops and reduced tillage did not alter soil chemistry in first 3 years.

Soil Organic Matter IncreaseMississippi

Kirsten A. Pearsons, Craig A. Chase, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Gladis M. Zinati, Andrew Smith, Yichao RuiRodale Institute (2023)

Soil HealthPennsylvania

Bhupinder S. Farmaha, Udayakumar Sekaran, Alan J. FranzluebbersUnknown Hub (2021)

Cover cropping and conservation tillage improve soil health in the southeastern United States.

Soil Health ImprovementNorth Carolina

Longterm impacts of drain spacing, crop management, and weather on nitrate leaching to subsurface drains.

Results from a longterm drainage research project in southeastern Indiana.Indiana

Sugarbeet response to interactions between fallseeded cover crop and fertilizer nitrogen application time.

Nutrient ManagementMinnesota

Andrew M. Bierer, April B. Leytem, Robert S. Dungan, Amber Moore, David L. BjornebergUnknown Hub (2021)

Insufficient characterization of soil organic carbon dynamics in semi-arid climates contributes uncertainty to SOC sequestration estimates. This study estimated changes in SOC (0–30 cm depth) due to variations in manure management, tillage regime, winter cover crop, and crop rotation in southern Idaho (USA). Empirical data were used to drive the Denitrification Decomposition model in a “default” and calibrated capacity and forecast SOC levels until 2050.

Carbon SequestrationOregon

David Weisberger, Ramón G. León, Chandler E. Gruner, Matthew R. Levi, Nandita Gaur, Gaylon D. Morgan, Nicholas T. BasingerUnknown Hub (2023)

The effects of annual and perennial cover crops on Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) population dynamics.

Weed SuppressionGeorgia

Muhammad Adnan Shahid, KeAndre Leaks, Ann R. Blount, Cheryl MackowiakUnknown Hub (2023)

Perennial Peanut as a Potential Living Mulch and Nitrogen Source for Citrus and Other Orchard Crops in Florida.

Nutrient ManagementFlorida

Koon‐Hui Wang, Philip Waisen, Alan W. Leslie, Roshan Paudel, Susan L. F. Meyer, Cerruti R. R. HooksUnknown Hub (2022)

Relationships between Soil Tillage Systems, Nematode Communities and Weed Seed Predation.

Nutrient ManagementConnecticut

N. S. Hill, Matthew R. Levi, Nicholas T. Basinger, Aaron Thompson, M. L. Cabrera, Jason G. Wallace, Eri Saikawa, Alexander Avramov, Jill MullicanUnknown Hub (2021)

White clover living mulch enhances soil health vs. annual cover crops.

Improved YieldCalifornia

Hanxia Li, N. S. Hill, Jason G. WallaceUnknown Hub (2023)

A perennial living mulch system fosters a more diverse and balanced soil bacterial community.

Soil Health ImprovementNorth Carolina

Chandler Edwin Gruener, Matthew R. Levi, Nicholas T. Basinger, M. L. Cabrera, N. S. HillUnknown Hub (2025)

The effect of a white clover living mulch on nutrient cycling in a cotton production system in the Georgia Piedmont.

Nutrient ManagementGeorgia

Samuel J. W. Peters, Eri Saikawa, Daniel Markewitz, Lori A. Sutter, Alexander Avramov, Zachary P. Sanders, Benjamin Yosen, Ken Wakabayashi, Geoffrey Martin, Joshua S. Andrews, N. S. HillUnknown Hub (2020)

Soil trace gas fluxes in living mulch and conventional agricultural systems.

Reduced EmissionsGeorgia

Integrated crop-livestock systems can improve soil health and economic benefits in South Dakota.

Soil Health ImprovementNew Mexico

Samuel I. Haruna, Nsalambi V. NkongoloUnknown Hub (2020)

Influence of cover crop, tillage, and crop rotation management on soil nutrients.

Nutrient ManagementTennessee

Komlan Koudahe, Samuel Allen, Koffi DjamanUnknown Hub (2022)

Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties.

Soil Health ImprovementNew Mexico

Nakian Kim, María Celina Zabaloy, Kaiyu Guan, María B. VillamilUnknown Hub (2020)

Do cover crops benefit soil microbiome? A meta-analysis of current research.

Soil Health ImprovementIllinois

ERIC B. BRENNAN, RICHARD F. SMITHUnknown Hub (2006)

Weed Suppression

Other / NeutralCalifornia

J.G. Arbuckle, G. Roesch-McNallyUnknown Hub (2015)

Socioeconomics of cover crop

Other / NeutralIowa

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National Soil Dynamics Laboratory

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service

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