These publications are intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems. Additional states coming soon!
Illinois
- Illinois Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Illinois Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats/Radish
Indiana
- Indiana Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Indiana Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats/Radish
- Indiana Cover Crop Recipe – Post Wheat, Going to Soybean or Corn: Use Oats and Radish Mix
Iowa
- Iowa Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Iowa Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats
- Iowa Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye
- Iowa Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
Kansas
Michigan
- Michigan Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Michigan Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye
- Michigan Cover Crop Recipe – Post Wheat, Going to Soybean or Corn: Use Oats and Radish Mix
- Michigan Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye
- Michigan Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
Minnesota
- Minnesota Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Minnesota Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats
- Minnesota-Wisconsin Cover Crop Recipe – Post Canning Crops: Use Oats with Radish
- Minnesota Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye
- Minnesota Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
Missouri
- Missouri Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Missouri Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats/Radish or Oats/Crimson Clover
Nebraska
- Nebraska Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Nebraska Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use a Mix of Oats/Wheat/Rapeseed or Wheat Only
North Dakota
Ohio
- Ohio Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Ohio Cover Crop Recipe – Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats/Radish
Ontario
- Ontario Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Soybean: Introduce a Fall Rye Cover Crop
- Ontario Cover Crop Recipe – Wheat Going to Corn: Underseed Red Clover
- Ontario Cover Crop Recipe – After Wheat, Going to Corn or Soybean: Use an Oat-Radish Mix
- Ontario Cover Crop Recipe – After Processing Vegetables: Use an Oat-Radish Mix
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Corn: Use Cereal Rye
- Wisconsin Cover Crop Recipe – Post Corn Silage, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
- Minnesota-Wisconsin Cover Crop Recipe – Post Canning Crops: Use Oats with Radish
Video:
Cover crop recipes for first-time cover crop users in Indiana
(applicable to corn-soybean rotation in eastern Cornbelt)
Presenters: Eileen Kladivko and Bill Johnson – Purdue University, Barry Fisher – USDA-NRCS
Cover crops can be a useful conservation practice for improving soil health, scavenging and recycling nutrients, reducing erosion, and contributing to more resilient cropping systems over the long term. Many producers are interested in learning more about cover crop options and trying cover crops in their operation, but they are sometimes overwhelmed by the many different choices and options for cover crops. This presentation is aimed at providing crop advisors and producers with some simple “recipes” for cover crop use for first-time cover crop adopters. These recipes are intended to provide a relatively simple, low-risk strategy for integrating cover crops into a corn-soybean rotation in Indiana and the eastern Cornbelt. The recipes include details on the specific cover crops, seeding rates and dates, and termination guidance and should be useful to both the producer and the crop advisor with limited cover crop experience.