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MICHIGAN
MI Cover crop seed source information (2011)
Activities and research
The Cover Crops Program at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station / Michigan State University focuses on integrating cover crops into Michigan field crop systems. Our goal is to make information from research readily available so farmers can make better decisions about using cover crops on their farms.
State representative
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Mutch has more than 28 years of research and Extension experience in organic farming, IPM, cover crops and sustainable agriculture. He has served on the NCR-SARE Administrative Council, Technical Committee and Producer Grants Program. In July 2007, Mutch became Michigan’s Sustainable Agriculture State Coordinator for NCR-SARE. His career emphasis has been on low-input and organic farming systems. His applied research focuses on participatory projects that use farmer advisory teams to direct and validate the work. Mutch manages ten OCIA-certified organic research acres.
Other important contacts in Michigan
Sieg Snapp
Associate Professor, Soils and Cropping System Ecologist
Michgian State University/ W. K. Kellogg Biological Station
576 Plant and Soil Sciences Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-282-5644
E-mail: snapp@msu.edu
Click here to visit Dr. Snapp's website.
Since Dr. Snapp joined MSU in 1999, her research and extension has prioritized understanding biological principles to improve cropping system design, including enhanced winter cover through cover crops and perennial grain crops. This includes investigating which cover crop species work best for different soil types and cropping systems, and improving our understanding of root traits that promote phosphorus and nitrogen efficiency as well as healthy crops. Predicting availability of nitrogen and phosphorus in sustainable farming systems is of particular interest. Dr. Snapp coordinates a website at MSU on applied soil ecology management http://www.safs.msu.edu/soilecology/index.htm. Partnerships are central to her approach, involving farmers, educators and researchers working together to improve options for sustainable management.
MCCC Report
Selection of cover crops used in various systems in Michigan
Cereal Rye:
- Cereal Rye: Manure and Livestock's New Best Friend
Natalie Rector et al.
Clovers and Medic:
- Using red clover as a cover crop in wheat-2011- D. Hudson, D. Mutch, T. Martin, W. Everman, J. Knorek, and M. Staton
- Red Clover Overview of use, establishment and management of red clovers in Michigan.
- Crimson Clover Overview of benefits, establishment and how crimson clover can be integrated into crop rotations.
- Annual medics (Medicago spp.) are legumes closely related to alfalfa. They are true annuals flowering, setting seed and dying within one growing season (60 to 100 days). There are more than 35 known species of annual medics, all of which have their origins in the Mediterranean region.
Oilseed Radish:
- Oilseed Radish Overview of benefits, establishment and management of oilseed radish.
- Oilseed Radish: A New Cover Crop for Michigan A bulletin to help farmers manage oilseed radish cover crops in order to optimize those benefits and the efficiency of their farming systems. This publication summarizes results of studies conducted at the Michigan State University W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and the MSU Muck Research Farm, and in on-farm demonstrations. MSU Extension Bulletin E 2907.
Winter wheat:
- Winter Annual Cover Crop Wheat as an Early Spring Forage Source. Kurt Thelen and Rich Leep, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, MSU.
Links
Michigan State University cover crops website:
Michigan State University Extension (bulletins)
- Cover Crop Choices for Michigan by Dale R. Mutch
- Cover Crop Choices for Michigan - Vegetables by Sieglinde S. Snapp
- (*new in 2012*) Cover Crop Choices Following Winter Wheat by Paul Gross, Christina Curell, and Dale Mutch
- No-till drilling cover crops after wheat harvest and their influence on next season’s corn by Dale R. Mutch1 and Kurt D.Thelen
- Oilseed radish: A new cover crop for Michigan by Mathieu Ngouajio
- Mustards - A Brassica cover crop for Michigan by Sieg Snapp, K. Date, K. Cichy and K. O’Neil
- Cover Crops Always a Good Idea by Laura Probyn (MSU Extension 8/22/05)
- Manure Slurry-Enriched
Seeding of Cover Crops (Resource, February 2007)
by Tim Harrigan, Sieglinde Snapp, Rich Leep, Dale Mutch, and Natalie Rector
Presentations
- From Soil Problems to
Progress: Advanced Cover
Crops Systems Planning presentation by Vicki Morrone and Sieglinde Snapp (MSU)
- Mixtures of legume and grass summer
cover crops for integrated weed and soil
management presentation by
Daniel Brainard (MSU),
and Virender Kumar,
Robin Bellinder, Laurie Drinkwater (Cornell University)
- Identifying the factors affecting cover crop performance in row crops under organic management
presentation by David Munoz, Sasha Kravchenko, Sieglinde Snapp and Ron Gehl - Critical Considerations in Managing Nematodes with Potential Trap and Cover Crops presentation by Haddish Melakeberhan (MSU)
- Organic Fresh Market Tomato Yield Response To Rye And Hairy Vetch Cover Crops With Or Without Compost
presentation by Ajay Nair And Mathieu Ngouajio (MSU) - Nutrient Management With Cover Crops presentation by Darryl Warncke (MSU)
- Cover crop mixtures for integrated weed
and nitrogen management
presentation by Daniel Brainard (MSU) - Developing New Low-input No-till Systems Using Cover Crops
presentation by Dale R. Mutch and Todd E. Martin (MSU) - Fitting bio-fumigant cover crops into intensive vegetable production systems for integrated crop management presentation by Mathieu Ngouajio (MSU)
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