2011
Effects of cereal cover crops on full season soybean production
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Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Lead Principal Investigator:
Robert Kratochvil, University of Maryland
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Brief Project Summary:

As part of total farm nutrient management, farmers in Maryland are encouraged via an incentive payment to plant cover crops (primarily winter cereals) following a corn crop to consume residual soil nutrients. Reported cover crop acreage during the winter of 2007-2008 was 230,474 acres (Maryland Department of Agriculture); 2008-2009 signup acreage was in excess of 350,000 acres. Cover crop acreage dropped to slightly over 300,000 acres for 2009-2010 (primarily because fall of 2009 was excessively wet) but in 2010-2011 it exceeded 500,000 acres. Winter cereal grains (wheat, barley and rye) are the primary cover crops used. Full season soybean is frequently the crop planted in the spring,...

Unique Keywords:
#crop management systems
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