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Cover Crop Basics - Getting Started

An easy to understand Cover Crop Guide including information on understanding quality, seed cost, species information and best practices

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Fall and spring biomass and nitrogen in biomass measurements were taken (see<br />

Figure 2).<br />

Source: University of Illinois - Ewing Demonstration Center<br />

While Dixie Crimson had the greatest biomass measurement in the fall at 2,291 pounds<br />

per acre, it rapidly declined to 911 pounds per acre by the spring.<br />

On the contrary, FIXatioN Balansa Clover’s 693 pounds of biomass per acre grew to<br />

8,401 pounds per acre by spring.<br />

Dixie Crimson’s 14 pounds of nitrogen per acre contribution also seemed negligible<br />

compared to FIXatioN’s 269 pounds of nitrogen per acre.<br />

Dixie<br />

Crimson Clover<br />

Kentucky Pride<br />

Crimson Clover<br />

FROSTY<br />

Berseem Clover<br />

FIXatioN<br />

Balansa Clover

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