Cover Cropping
Fact Sheets and Research Reports
- Cover Cropping for Success, UMaine Extension Bulletin #1170
- Winter Rye Variety Trial – 2017 Results, UMaine Extension Research Report
Tools and Calculators
- Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool
The Cover Crop Cost EstimatorTool, developed by the University of Maine, is an interactive decision-support calculator designed to help farmers evaluate the financial impacts of cover cropping within vegetable production systems.
Videos
Additional Online Resources
- SARE Learning Center — Cover Crops
- Managing Cover Crops Profitably (book, free online version)
- Northeast Cover Crops Council (NCCC)
- NCCC Cover Crop Selector Tool
- Vegetable Farmers and their Innovative Cover Cropping Techniques, video series from University of Vermont
- Cover Crops for Vegetable Growers (Cornell University Guide)
- A Comprehensive Guide to Cover Crop Species Used in the Northeast United States (NRCS)