NPM creates university research-based informational resources to help farmers and crop production professionals with selection and management of cover crops for use in common Wisconsin crop rotations. Included are publications, videos and newsletter articles covering a variety of cover crop topics.
Cover crops publications created by NPM:
- Early Summer and Summer Cover Crop Options for Wisconsin Cropland
- Selection and Management Guidelines
- Northern Wisconsin Cover Crop Selection Card
- Southern Wisconsin Cover Crop Selection Card
- Frost Seeding Red Clover into Winter Wheat
- Cover Crop Options on Wisconsin Prevented Plant Acres
- Cover crops After Corn Silage for Spring Forage Harvest
- Planting Winter Rye after Corn Silage: Managing for Forage
- Cover Crop Termination
- Herbicide Rotational Restrictions
- Prevent Cover Crops From Becoming Your Next Weed Problem
- Termination of winter rye and annual ryegrass using glyphosate
- Interseeding Cover Crops In Row-Cultivated Corn (A4175)
Cover Crops 101 (A4176) is an 8- page booklet that provides basic information specific to Wisconsin farmers and agronomists about the challenges and benefits of adding cover crops to their cropping systems. Topics include establishment, residual herbicide considerations, termination guidelines, forage and grazing information as well as many others. Available for viewing and purchase from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Learning Store:
https://learningstore.extension.wisc.edu/products/cover-crops-101
Cover crop videos from IPCM (17 videos)
Using cover crops after corn silage (9 videos). Special series!
Recent Wisconsin Crop Manager articles
Thoughts on Transitioning a Cover Crop into a Cash Grain Crop
SHAWN P. CONLEY, SOYBEAN AND WHEAT EXTENSION SPECIALIST, DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Today farmers are running their own calculations, and right now corn and soybean margins are TIGHT to say the least. A …
April 9, 2020Clover Cover Crop Management
Kevin Shelley, Farm Nutrient and Cover Crop Specialist with University of Wisconsin’s Nutrient and Pest Management Program, was recently mentioned by Practial Farmers of Iowa. His experience in red clover as a cover crop, along …
February 6, 20202019 On-farm Rye Forage Comparison: Progas Hybrid Forage Rye vs. VNS Rye
Authors: Kevin Shelley, UWEX Nutrient and Pest Management Program, 608-575-4746 Meffert’s Homestead Dairy, Waunakee, WI Many Wisconsin farmers harvesting corn as silage are following that with a winter cereal grain, such as rye or triticale, …
August 22, 2019Cover Crops Becoming Your Next Weed?
Daniel H. Smith, Mimi Broeske, and Kevin Shelley- Nutrient and Pest Management Program University of Wisconsin-Madison Spring fieldwork has been a challenge so far and termination of cover crops can be a challenge under less …
May 3, 2017Summer Annual Cover Crop Considerations For Prevented Planting
Matt Ruark (mdruark@wisc.edu), in collaboration with the Midwest Cover Crop Council (mccc.msu.edu) The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) recommends the use of cover crops for prevented plant acres when feasible and cover crops can be …
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