warren swcd cover crop open house

Join us for a Cover Crop Open House on June 20th & 23rd, 8am - 3pm.  Come at your convenience during our business hours to learn about how cover crops benefit soil health, nutrient management, and your bottom line!  The open house will assist you in mapping your field, determining cost and selecting seed mixes.  Refreshments will be served!

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cov·er crop
noun
plural noun: cover crops
  1. a crop grown for the protection and enrichment of the soil.
A cover crop is a plant that is used primarily to slow erosion, improve soil health, enhance water availability, smother weeds, help control pests and diseases, increase biodiversity and bring a host of other benefits to your farm.

Read on for more information about cover crops!

Farmers going under 'cover'
This video is chapter 4: Farmers going under 'cover' of a 7 part series that explores how an increasing number of farmers throughout the country are creating a new hope in healthy soil by regenerating our nation's living and life-giving soil.  Click HERE to view all 7 Chapters! ​
ADDITIONAL COVER CROP RESOURCES

Midwest Cover Crop Council

The Midwest Cover Crops Council seeks to significantly increase the amount of continuous living cover on the Upper Midwestern agricultural landscape.

cover crops for sw Ohio

Clermont SWCD produced a handy booklet on cover crops for SW Ohio.

soil & Diverse Cover Crops

Ray Archuleta & David Brandt
Conservation Agronomist, Ray Archuleta with the National Resources Conservation Service joins David Brandt of Walnut Creek Seeds for a workshop on soil and the use of diverse cover crops to build life and fertility in the soil. Produce abundant yields while implementing the best organic and sustainable methods of establishing and maintaining maximum biology. Build aggregates that make up the best soils and see it grow your best crops year after year.