Site Summary

The best management practice (BMP) shown at this ONFARM site is a comparison of cover crops from single species to multi-species cover crops. The field site is a uniform sloped rolling landscape on a sandy loam till soil. The soil health goals are to increase organic matter and improve water management to optimize productivity.

2020: Winter wheat under no-till management followed by three cover crop combinations

2021: Corn under minimum tillage with early and late interseeded cover crops

2022: Soybeans under no-till management