Content Related to Cover Crops

Event

Virtual Field Day: Manure Application and Cover Crop Planting Timing to Maximize Water Quality Benefits in Corn - February 20, 2026
Virtual Field Day - Evaluating Rotations of Cover Crops and Summer Annual Forages - March 10, 2025
INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - January 22, 2025
Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Cover Crops and Nitrate-N Loss from Plot to Watershed Scale - April 12, 2023
Highlights from a Decade of INRC Research & Impacts: Grazing and Cover Crops - September 6, 2022
Cover Crop and Saturated Buffer Field Day near Walcott, November 17 - October 29, 2021
Virtual Field Day: Exploring the Impact of Cover Crops on Water Quality - April 13, 2021
Cover Crops at the Small Watershed Scale - February 25, 2021
Virtual Field Day November 5: Exploring Impacts of Cover Crops, Tillage & N-Inhibitors on Crop Performance and Water Quality - October 28, 2020

INRC Project

Effect of Winter Cereal Rye Cultivar Selection and Herbicide Choice on Seedling Disease, Pathogen Populations, Nitrogen Dynamics and Growth and Yield of Corn - Year 3 - September 4, 2025
Optimizing Planting Methods for Cover Crops Before Corn: Comparison of Precision Planting and Strip Tillage to Achieve Nutrient Loss Reduction and Maintain Yield - September 4, 2025
Evaluating Manure Application and Cover Crop Planting Timing to Maximize Water Quality Benefits in Corn - August 28, 2024
Furthering our understanding of the role of cereal rye allelochemicals in the cereal rye-corn production system - August 7, 2023
Can adjustments to nitrogen rates reduce corn yield drag and disease implications following a cereal rye cover crop? 2023 - July 25, 2023
Benefits of winter cereal rye cultivar selection in mitigating corn yield drag - September 7, 2022
Furthering our understanding of the interaction of cereal rye allelochemicals with Pythium species and their impact on corn in the cereal rye-corn production system - August 31, 2021
Completing Three Corn-Soybean Rotation Cycles for Ongoing Research on Impacts of Cover Crops on Phosphorus and Nitrogen Loss with Surface Runoff - August 27, 2020
Perennial Turfgrass Cover Crops in Maize Production Systems - September 12, 2019
Impacts of Cover Crops on Phosphorus and Nitrogen Loss with Surface Runoff 2019 - September 11, 2019
Interseeding Grass and Legume Cover Crops into Early Vegetative Stage Corn - September 10, 2019
Evaluating Rotations of Cover Crops and Summer Annual Forages for Yield, Nutritional Value, Effect on Soil Nutrient Profile, and Economic Sustainability as Forage for Beef Cattle - September 10, 2019
Mitigating Reduced Yields of Corn Following a Winter Rye Cover Crop: What Role Does Allelopathy Play? - September 6, 2019
Limiting Nitrogen Immobilization in Cover Crop Systems - November 27, 2018
Monetizing Soil Health: An Innovative Strategy to Drive Greater Adoption of Cover Crops and No-Till - October 5, 2018
Influence of Spatial Planting Arrangement of a Winter Cereal Rye Cover Crop on Corn Productivity - October 5, 2018
Improving Cereal Rye Cover Crop BMPs to Increase Adoption of Cover Crops by Iowa Farmers - October 5, 2018
Cover Crops Influence Nutrient Cycling, Yield and Diseases of Corn and Soybean - December 1, 2015

INRC Video

INRC Spring 2025 Water Research Seminar Series: Insights - May 2025 - May 23, 2025
The Right Strategies: Making Cover Crops Work for Iowa Farmers and Water Quality - February 14, 2020

News

Project brings latest data to help producers gain value from manure - May 26, 2026
Research finds fluctuating commitment to cover crop adoption among Iowa farmers - February 24, 2026
New study shows dynamic shifts in Iowa farmers’ conservation practice use - September 16, 2025
Harvested winter rye energy cover crop: multiple benefits for North Central US - August 15, 2023
Scientists lead quest for perennial cover tailored to conventional cropping systems - June 21, 2023
New USDA grant supports research to initiate Ag DIRT experiment, refine cover crop recommendations - June 6, 2023
Can corn benefit from social distancing? - April 13, 2021
Iowa State Researchers Show Cover Crops’ Value as Cattle Feed - August 1, 2019
USDA Increases Crop Insurance Flexibility for Cover Crop Management - July 1, 2019
Iowa Nutrient Research Center Supports New Studies to Improve Success Strategies for Cover Crops - October 23, 2018

Profile

Dr. Silvina Arias - October 31, 2025
Meaghan Anderson - October 31, 2025
Dr. Fernando Marcos - October 13, 2023
Dr. Rashelle Matthiesen-Anderson - September 20, 2022
Michael Witt - November 19, 2021
Patrick Wall - November 19, 2021
Dr. Erin Hodgson - November 19, 2021
Rebecca Vittetoe - November 12, 2021
Denise Schwab - November 12, 2021
Dr. David Kwaw-Mensah - November 12, 2021
Erika Lundy-Woolfolk - November 12, 2021
Dr. Leonor Leandro - November 12, 2021
Dr. Raj Raman - November 11, 2021
Dr. Mark Licht - November 10, 2021
Dr. Antonio Mallarino - November 10, 2021
Dr. Alison Robertson - November 10, 2021
Dr. Marshall McDaniel - November 4, 2021
Dr. Matthew Helmers - November 4, 2021
Dr. Richard Cruse - November 4, 2021