1. An Evaluation of Summer Cover Crops for Agroecosystem Services in Small Grain Systems

Cover cropping has been gaining popularity in recent years, specifically for its ability to improve soil properties and suppress weeds. However, cover crop species differ in the agroecosystem services they provide. Our objective was to evaluate a variety of summer cover crop treatments and their ability to provide soil physical protection, increased yield and quality of subsequent small grains, nitrogen input reduction, and weed suppression. Six summer cover treatments were evaluated for these... S. Watkins, H. Poffenbarger, D. Van sanford