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Cowpea

(Black-eyed Pea, Southern Pea, Crowder Pea) This legume has a long taproot and its growth is similar to soybean. Cowpea also has been used successfully as groundcover in orchards and intercropped with cash crops such as cotton. A bushel of grain is about 60 pounds.

Cowpeas: Managing Cover Crops Profitably (SARE Handbook Series Book 9) by Andy Clark (2007, 3rd ed.)

Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

By Anna Morrow July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020 Austrian Winter Pea, Berseem clover, Black mustard, Brassicas, Brown/Indian mustard, Buckwheat, Chickling vetch, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Field mustard, Field pea, Hairy vetch, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kura clover, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oilseed radish, Ontario, Rapeseed, Red clover, South Dakota, Species, State/Province, Sunflower, Sunn hemp, Sweetclovers, Turnip, Vegetables, White clover, White mustard, Winter canola, Wisconsin, Woolypod vetch, Yellow mustard

Eric Lee-Mader, Anne Stine, Jarrod Fowler, Jennifer Hopwood and Mace Vaughanby – Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation with contributions from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service August 2017 Cover Cropping for Pollinators… Show more

Cover Crops and Pollinators

By Anna Morrow September 13, 2019 September 13, 2019 Alfalfa, Austrian Winter Pea, Berseem clover, Black mustard, Brassicas, Brown/Indian mustard, Buckwheat, Chickling vetch, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Field mustard, Field pea, Grasses, Hairy vetch, Kura clover, Legumes, Management, Medics, Non-Legumes, Oilseed radish, Rapeseed, Red clover, Soybean, Species, Subterranean clover, Sunflower, Sunn hemp, Sweetclovers, Turnip, Vegetables, White clover, White mustard, Winter canola, Woolypod vetch, Yellow mustard

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Cover Crops and Pollinators Source link here. Show more

Is Nitrogen Fixation Oversold with Legume Cover Crops?

By Anna Morrow December 16, 2016 January 3, 2017 Alfalfa, Austrian Winter Pea, Berseem clover, Chickling vetch, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Field pea, Hairy vetch, Kura clover, Legumes, Medics, Nebraska, Red clover, Soybean, Subterranean clover, Sunn hemp, Sweetclovers, White clover, Woolypod vetch

Daren Redfearn and Bruce Anderson – University of Nebraska December 2016 Is Nitrogen Fixation Oversold with Legume Cover Crops? Source link here. Show more

Cover Crop Mixture Diversity and Function

By Anna Morrow November 30, 2016 January 3, 2017 Austrian Winter Pea, Barley, Brassicas, Buckwheat, Cowpea, Getting Started, Grasses, Legumes, Millet, Nebraska, Non-Legumes, Oats, Oilseed radish, Rapeseed, Red clover, Sorghum-sudangrass, Sunflower, Sunn hemp, Sweetclovers, Teff, Turnip, Wheat

Angela Florence and John Lindquist – University of Nebraska November 2016 Cover Crop Mixture Diversity and Function Source link here. Show more

Growing and Managing Forage Cover Crops

By Erin Hill October 10, 2016 October 10, 2016 Annual ryegrass, Austrian Winter Pea, Brassicas, Cereal rye, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Field pea, Grasses, Legumes, Management, Millet, Oats, Ohio, Oilseed radish, Planting, Rapeseed, Red clover, Sorghum-sudangrass, Triticale, Turnip, Wheat

James Hoorman, Alan Sundermeier, Rafiq Islam- Ohio State University Extension May 18, 2015 Growing and managing forage cover crops Show more

North Dakota State University – Variety Trial Results

By Anna Morrow October 1, 2016 December 9, 2016 Alfalfa, Austrian Winter Pea, Barley, Black mustard, Brassicas, Brown/Indian mustard, Buckwheat, Cereal rye, Cowpea, Field mustard, Forage, Getting Started, Grasses, Legumes, Millet, Non-Legumes, North Dakota, Oats, Rapeseed, Soybean, Triticale, Vegetables, Wheat, White mustard, Winter canola, Yellow mustard

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Short Duration Cover Crops for Vegetable Production Systems

By Anna Morrow January 31, 2016 September 26, 2016 Buckwheat, Cowpea, Equipment, Grasses, Iowa, Legumes, Management, Millet, Non-Legumes, Oats, Planting, Sorghum-sudangrass, Soybean, Termination, Vegetables, Yellow mustard

Ajay Nair and Ray Kruse- Iowa State University January 2016 Short Duration Cover Crops for Vegetable Production Systems Source link here. Show more

Cover Crops: 16 demonstration plots and their seed mixes

By Anna Morrow October 29, 2015 November 29, 2016 Annual ryegrass, Barley, Berseem clover, Brassicas, Buckwheat, Cereal rye, Chickling vetch, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Field pea, Getting Started, Grasses, Legumes, Millet, Non-Legumes, Oats, Oilseed radish, Rapeseed, Red clover, Sorghum-sudangrass, Species, Sunn hemp, Triticale, Turnip, Videos, Wisconsin

Kevin Shelley – University of Wisconsin October 2015 YouTube Video: Cover Crops: 16 demonstration plots and their seed mixes Show more

Homegrown Nitrogen

By Erin Hill October 10, 2015 October 10, 2016 Annual ryegrass, Austrian Winter Pea, Barley, Brassicas, Cereal rye, Cowpea, Crimson clover, Grasses, Hairy vetch, Legumes, Millet, Oats, Ohio, Oilseed radish, Rapeseed, Red clover, Sorghum-sudangrass, Soybean, Sunn hemp, Sweetclovers, Turnip, Wheat

James Hoorman, Alan Sundermeir, and Rafiq Islam- Ohio State University Extension 2015 Homegrown nitrogen Show more

Economics of Cover Crops

By Erin Hill October 10, 2015 October 10, 2016 Annual ryegrass, Austrian Winter Pea, Brassicas, Cereal rye, Chickling vetch, Cowpea, Getting Started, Hairy vetch, Legumes, Oats, Ohio, Oilseed radish, Sweetclovers, Wheat

Jim Hoorman, Ohio State University Extension 2015 Economics of cover crops Show more