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APPENDIX D SEED SUPPLIERS This list is for information purposes only. Inclusion does not imply endorsement, nor is criticism implied of firms not mentioned. Adams-Briscoe Seed Co. Inc. P.O. Box 19 325 E. Second St. Jackson, GA 30233-0019 770-775-7826 fax 770-775-7122 abseed@juno.com http://www.abseed.com forage/grain legumes, grains, summer annuals, wildlife Alabama Farmers Co-op P.O. Box 2227 Decatur,AL 35609 256-353-6843 fax 256-350-1770 small grains, forage/grain legumes, summer annuals (120 retail outlets) Albert Lea Seedhouse Inc. P.O. Box 127 Albert Lea, MN 56007 800-352-5247 tom@alseed.com http://www.alseed.com grains, forage/grain legumes, grasses Albright Seed Company 487 Dawson Drive, Bay 5S Camarillo, CA 93012 805-484-0551 800-423-8112 fax 805-987-9021 paul@albrightseed.com http://www.albrightseed.com legumes, grasses and grains adapted to California bioregions Ampac Seed Co. P.O. Box 318 Tangent, OR 97389 800-547-3230 fax 541-928-2430 info@ampacseed.com http://ampacseed.com forage grasses, legumes Barenbrug 33477 Highway 99 East Tangent, OR 97389 541-926-5801 800-547-4101 fax 541-926-9435 forage legumes, grasses Birkett Mills P.O. Box 440 Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-3311 fax 315-536-6740 buckwheat Brett-Young Seeds Ltd. Box 99, St. Norbert Postal Station Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3V 1L5 204-261-7932 800-665-5015 (Canada) fax 204-275-7333 byseeds@cyberspc.mb.ca forage legumes Budd Seed 191 Budd Blvd. Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5087 800-543-7333 336-760-9060 fax 336-765-3168 grasses, red clover, subclover 166 MANAGING COVER CROPS PROFITABLY
Cal/West Seeds Box 1428 Woodland, CA 95776-1428 800-327-3337 800-824-8585 fax 530-666-5317 whl: legumes, forages, clovers, Sudangrasses, vetches Corland Seeds P.O. Box 336 Guelph, ON N1H 6K5 519-763-2059 800-265-4321 fax 519-763-5192 legumes, forages DEKALB Genetics Corporation 3100 Sycamore Road DeKalb, IL 60115-9600 800-833-5252 dekalb@dekalb.com http://www.dekalb.com whl: sorghum-Sudangrass hybrids, forages Discount Seed Inc. P.O. Box 84 2411 9th Ave SW Watertown, SD 57201 605-886-5888 fax 605-886-3623 grains, forage/grain legumes, forage grasses Ernst Conservation Seeds 9006 Mercer Pike RD 5 Box 806 Meadville, PA 16335 814-336-2404 fax 814-336-5191 ernst@gremlan.org http://www.ernstseed.com forage legumes, native species, wildlife Fedco Seeds P.O. Box 520 Waterville, ME 04903 207-873-7333 fax (same) grains, forage/grain legumes, brassicas Fizzle Flat Farms—Marvin Manges 18773 E. 1600 Ave. Yale, IL 62481 618-793-2060 fax (same) buckwheat, hairy vetch, rye (some certified organic) Frazier Seed Co. 309 W. Main St. Anthony, KS 67003 316-842-5106 grains, cowpeas, winter peas Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery P.O. Box 460 Graton, CA 95444 707-823-9125 fax 707-823-1734 forage/grain legumes Hobbs and Hopkins Ltd. 1712 SE Ankeny Street Portland, OR 97214 503-239-7518 fax 503-230-0391 lawn@teleport.com grasses Hytest Seeds 454 Railroad Ave. P.O. Box 3147 Shiremanstown, PA 17011 717-737-4529 800-442-7391 fax 717-737-7168 grains, forage legumes, summer annuals SEED SUPPLIERS 167
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$19.00 Managing Cover Crops Profita
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK THE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book represent
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FOREWORD Cover crops slow erosion,
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Think of this
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BENEFITS OF COVER CROPS Cover crops
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decompose quickly, especially in wa
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Expect excessive field traffic arou
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5. Settle for the Best Available Co
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ORGANIC MATTER ADDITIONS The benefi
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Cover Crops Can Stabilize Your Soil
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generally a good idea to kill a leg
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• For perennial legumes that have
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MANAGING PESTS WITH COVER CROPS By
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The farmers get weed control by fla
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insects. This approach has been use
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• Subterranean Clover (Trifolium
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does no direct tillage, but aggress
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eplace the cover crop before beans,
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as buckwheat, cowpeas, sorghum-suda
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the couple harrows every two to thr
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Start Where You Are In many instanc
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INTRODUCTION TO CHARTS The four com
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pH Preferred. The pH range in which
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Chart 1 TOP REGIONAL COVER CROP SPE
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Chart 2 PERFORMANCE AND ROLES conti
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Chart 3B PLANTING Cost Cost/A Inoc.
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Chart 4B POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES Sp
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ANNUAL RYEGRASS Lolium multiflorum
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prolonged heat, cold or drought.Tha
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crop for establishing a forage or l
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arley plants from fungus, armyworm
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can increase the fertilizer replace
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cultural and local considerations t
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(339), and by 99 percent in a Calif
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Killing & Controlling Nutrient avai
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ye/vetch/crimson clover,for example
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• In the Corn Belt and northern U
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Wheat Offers High-Value Weed Contro
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BUCKWHEAT Fagopyrum esculentum Type
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Rotations Buckwheat is used most co
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plants fractured subsoil compaction
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press some species of nematodes. Sp
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Incorporated sorghum-sudangrass res
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lodge soil particles. Sunlight is u
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Crimson-Berseem Clover Combo Works
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in water-use efficiency in the tria
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Microorganisms mineralize, or conve
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COWPEAS Vigna unguiculata Also call
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control if you go with rows, using
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drought-tolerant sorghum-sudangrass
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several winter annual legumes that
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In Ohio, crimson clover mixed with
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FIELD PEAS Pisum sativum subsp. arv
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Chill tolerant. Austrian winter pea
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In a “Flexible Green Manure” cr
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values from 13 to 34,but were gener
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year Maryland study that also inclu
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Page 119 and 120: especially in winter grains. With w
Page 121 and 122: less biomass than overwintering sta
Page 123 and 124: Jess Counts on GEORGE for N and Org
Page 125 and 126: after mid-April planting in souther
Page 127 and 128: second cutting. Regrowth comes from
Page 129 and 130: RED CLOVER Trifolium pratense Also
Page 131 and 132: MANAGEMENT Establishment & Fieldwor
Page 133 and 134: it function more like a biennial th
Page 135 and 136: Subclover cultivars often are descr
Page 137 and 138: trample in the seed. Subclover ofte
Page 139 and 140: Crop Systems Interseeded with wheat
Page 141 and 142: SWEETCLOVERS Yellow sweetclover (Me
Page 143 and 144: difficult to establish annual cover
Page 145 and 146: Spring seeding provides yellow swee
Page 147 and 148: enhances soil fertility, texture an
Page 149 and 150: WHITE CLOVER Trifolium repens Also
Page 151 and 152: for several freeze-thaw cycles. Mak
Page 153 and 154: COMPARATIVE NOTES • White clover
Page 155 and 156: Fall planting. Most growers seed at
Page 157 and 158: combining with a belt-type rubber p
Page 159 and 160: Then seed the remainder while walki
Page 161 and 162: screening, a number of farmers have
Page 163 and 164: the seed is relatively expensive. B
Page 165 and 166: Dyer, David A. 1998. Conservation L
Page 167: OTHER RESOURCES Cover Crops On The
Page 171 and 172: Pick Seed Canada P.O. Box 304 1 Gre
Page 173 and 174: SARE Northeast Region Office Univer
Page 175 and 176: APPENDIX F REGIONAL EXPERTS These i
Page 177 and 178: David W. Wolfe Cornell University 1
Page 179 and 180: Bob Burdette Southern Seed Certific
Page 181 and 182: Shiou Kuo Washington State Universi
Page 183 and 184: 20 Bird, George. 1997. Personal com
Page 185 and 186: 59 Clark,A.J. 1993. Managing hairy
Page 187 and 188: 102 Fernholz, Carmen. 1997. Persona
Page 189 and 190: 141 Helm, J.L. and Dwain Meyer. 199
Page 191 and 192: 186 Koume, C.N. et al. 1988. Screen
Page 193 and 194: 226 Mohler, Charles L. 1994.A livin
Page 195 and 196: 267 Plumer, Mike. 1997. Personal co
Page 197 and 198: 309 Shrestha,A. et al. 1996.“Annu
Page 199 and 200: 352 Varco, J.J., J.O. Sanford and J
Page 201 and 202: Bulk Discounts: Except as indicated
Page 203 and 204: INDEX A Alfalfa, 10, 42, 84, 88, 94
Page 205 and 206: performance and roles, 48-49 planti
Page 207 and 208: sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, 85 subt
Page 209 and 210: subterranean clovers, 133, 137 swee
Page 211 and 212: comparative notes, 71 crop systems,
Page 213 and 214: crimson clover for, 102, 103 crop r
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