Quick fact sheet to support cover crops.
- Cover crops are a BMP that can prevent the transport of nutrients during the non-crop period.
- Other potential benefits of cover crops may include:
- Reduce erosion from wind and water.
- Increase soil organic matter content.
- Capture and recycle or redistribute nutrients in the soil profile.
- Promote biological nitrogen fixation.
- Increase biodiversity.
- Provide weed suppression.
- Provide supplemental forage.