Agronomic Crops
Integrating Cover Crops for Agroecosystems Services
Publication Date
Fall 9-23-2020
Publication Number
LGP 1089
Summary
Cover crops are gaining interest from Southeastern US farmers. Their benefits include adding nutrients to the soil, preventing erosion, safeguarding against weather extremes, reducing compaction, and suppressing weeds. This article explains how cover crops offer additional wildlife benefits when integrated into agroecosystems and providing habitat for beneficial insects and a food resource for mammals and birds. Farmers, producers, and forestry managers can identify cover crops for specific wildlife benefits for the Southeastern USA.
Publication Type
Short Communication
Publisher
Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension
Publisher City
Clemson, SC
Target Audiences
row drop farmers, vegetable farmers, livestock producers, hunters, agricultural producers
Recommended Citation
Byrd S, Blubaugh CK, Park D. Integrating Cover Crops for Agroecosystem Services. Clemson (SC): Clemson Cooperative Extension, Land-Grant Press by Clemson Extension; 2020 Sep. LGP 1089. http://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/integrating-cover-crops-for-agroecosystems-services/.
