a small grain cover crop. This fact sheet is a collaborative effort of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to provide cover crop options and information for Iowa landowners.
Winter Camelina – Crops and Soils
As a cover crop, winter camelina protects the soil from erosion and absorbs soil nutrients, significantly reducing nitrogen and phosphorus contamination of groundwater. Plants can be terminated in the spring before a cash crop or left to flower and produce seed as an oilseed crop.
Camelina Cover Crop for Corn and Soybeans
2020年2月12日 · Andy Lenssen, professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, has recently been experimenting with camelina, a winter-hardy brassica species that has shown promise as a cover crop in experiments conducted on university research stations.
Winter Camelina | Forever Green
Winter camelina (Camelina sativa), which can be grown in the Midwest in conjunction with traditional summer crops like soybean and corn, is showing exciting potential as a new cash cover crop that can provide both ecosystem services and …
Unlocking the potential: Exploring camelina as a cover crop
2023年6月30日 · Camelina is drought, cold, and pest tolerant, which makes it a resilient cover crop option. Why camelina? Cereal rye is a commonly used and reliable cover crop, however, it comes with additional considerations that camelina can help address.
Winter Camelina Cover Crop Seed for Sale - Albert Lea Seed
Winter camelina is an annual brassica cover crop that is similar to winter rye. Get winter camelina cover crop seed online now from Albert Lea Seed!
Winter Camelina Gaining Traction as Cover Crop Ahead of Corn
2022年6月1日 · Winter camelina is a winter-hardy brassica that is gaining traction in the Midwest as a cover crop ahead of corn or as an oilseed relay crop. Central Iowa farmer Mark Oehlerking recently used glyphosate to terminate his first ever winter camelina cover crop the second week of May, shortly after planting corn into it.
Kernza, Winter Camelina, and Pennycress —you May Be Farming These Cover ...
2021年12月2日 · The types of crops accommodate relay cropping and double-cropping in the Upper Midwest. They include some familiar names: alfalfa, Kernza, perennial flax, winter barley, pennycress, and more.
Maximizing Camelina’s Potential as an Overwintering Cover Crop
2023年1月25日 · The Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network (ICCON) continued their four-part winter series exploring new and emerging cover crops in January with a presentation on Camelina.
new winter hardy cash cover crops. Winter camelina (Camelina sativa), which can be grown in the Midwest in conjunction with traditional summer crops like soybean and corn, is showing exciting potential as a new cash cover crop that can provide both ecosystem services and economic benefits to farmers in the Upper Midwest.