Cover Crop Presentations, Reports, Publications

Presentations

• Visit the 'Cover Crops' section of our Presentations webpage for a list of past presentations on cover crops.

 Videos

• Soil benefits of cover crops - Soil Fertility Webinar Series Winter 2021
• Cover crop research by MSU: Part 1 - video by Perry Miller on cover crop management, Sept 2014
• Cover crop research by MSU: Part 2 - video by Clain Jones on chemical and physical impacts of cover crops on soils, Sept 2014
• Cover crop cocktails as partial summer-fallow replacement in no-till wheat-fall rotations - Susan Tallman thesis presentation, May 2014
• Mixed cover crops: An introduction - WSARE Fall 2013 video
• Cover crop studies at MSU: Initial findings - MT Farmers Union Oct 2013 video
• Innovative No-till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health - ATTRA-NCAT webinar

 Publications and Reports

• MSU Extension publications
  • Cover Crops: Soil Water and Small Grain Yield and Protein (EB0236)
  • Cover Crops: Management for Organic Matter and Nitrogen (EB0237)
  • Cover Crops: Soil Health (EB0238)
  • Cover Crops as Partial Replacement of Summer Fallow (MT202203AG)
• Cover crop management in semi-arid regions: Effect on soil and cash crop. Crops & Soils. 53(5):42-51. (pdf) Available for CCAs as CEU credits.
• Montana Producer Survey on Cover Crops
  • Fall 2015 Report
  • 2016 College of Ag Research Report
• Cropping Sequence Effect of Pea and Pea Management on Spring Wheat. Fertilizer Facts No. 45
• Nitrogen Cycling from Pea Forage to Wheat in No-Till Systems. Fertilizer Facts No. 51
• Effect of Tillage on Nitrogen Cycling from Annual Legume Green Manures. Fertilizer Facts No. 58
• Improving Annual Legume Green Manure Management by Optimizing Seeding Rates and Termination Timing. Fertilizer Facts No. 61
• Pulse Crop Improves Early N Uptake, Growth and Yield of Wheat in No-till. Fertilizer Facts No. 66
• Long-Term Profitability of Pea-Wheat Systems, Managed at High and Low N Fertility Fertilizer Facts No. 72
• Montana Cool-season Pulse Production Guide (EB0210)
• Soil Fertility for Pulse Crops Soil Scoop

• Miller, P, C Jones, Burgess, M, R Engel, and A Bekkerman. 2015. Pea in rotation with wheat reduced uncertainty of economic returns in southwest Montana. Agronomy Journal. 107(2): 541-550.
• O’Dea, J, C Jones, C Zabinski, PR Miller, and I Keren. 2015. Legume and cropping intensity effects on selected soil quality attributes after eight years in a dryland wheat agroecosystem. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 95:179-194.
• Jones, C, P Miller, M Burgess, S Tallman, M Housman, J O’Dea, A Bekkerman, and C Zabinski. 2015. Cover cropping in the semi-arid west: effects of termination timing, species, and mixtures on nitrogen uptake, yield, soil quality, and economic return. In: Western Nutrient Management Conference Proceedings. 11:39-44. Reno, NV. Mar 5-6, 2015.
• McCauley, AM, CA Jones, PR Miller, MH Burgess, and CA Zabinski. 2012. Nitrogen fixation by pea and lentil green manures in a semi-arid agroecoregion: effect of planting and termination timing. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 92:305-314
• Miller, PR, EJ Lighthiser, CA Jones, JA Holmes, TL Rick, and JM Wraith. 2011. Pea green manure management affects organic winter wheat yield and quality in semiarid Montana. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 91:497-508
• Miller, PR, RE Engel and JA Holmes. 2006. Cropping sequence effect of pea and pea management on spring wheat in the northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal 98:1610-1619
• Chen, C, P Miller, F Muehlbauer, K Neill, D Wichman, and K McPhee. 2006. Winter pea and lentil response to seeding date and micro and macro-environments. Agronomy Journal. 98:1655-1663