Soil Health and Nutrient Flows with Enhanced Cover Cropping and Soil Management: Cover Crop Biomass in Fall and Spring 2021-2023

Cover crop dry matter was measured in late fall and spring in two corn-soy rotation fields with different soil textures managed with cover crop treatments at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC) in Beltsville, MD. The purpose was to measure the effect of cover crop species, main crop, soil type, and weather fluctuations on cover crop biomass and N content in the fall. The effect of delayed termination on biomass was measured in the spring.