Below you will find example sentences with "cover crop". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Cover Crop in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: crop
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "cover crop" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 9 for cover crop termination, a green cover crop of hairy, nitrogen, water and rye stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with cover letter, crop insurance, new crop, crop insurance, new crop and crop production, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with cover crop
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
How much nitrogen does a cover crop take up? (9 words)
They now terminate the cover crop with herbicides rather than tilling it. (12 words)
Farm Business: Here’s how to use partial budgeting to determine cover crop economics. (14 words)
For example, a nitrogen-fixing crop, like a legume, should always proceed a nitrogen depleting one; similarly, a low residue crop (i.e. a crop with low biomass) should be offset with a high biomass cover crop, like a mixture of grasses and legumes. (44 words)
Further, an analysis of yield data collected in a national cover crop survey found that farmers experienced a 3% increase in their corn yield and a 5% increase in soybeans after five consecutive years of cover crop use. (38 words)
Double-cropping is common where two crops, typically of different species, are grown sequentially in the same growing season, or where one crop (e.g. vegetable) is grown continuously with a cover crop (e.g. wheat). (36 words)
How much nitrogen does a cover crop take up? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, a nitrogen-fixing crop, like a legume, should always proceed a nitrogen depleting one; similarly, a low residue crop (i.e. a crop with low biomass) should be offset with a high biomass cover crop, like a mixture of grasses and legumes.
Further, an analysis of yield data collected in a national cover crop survey found that farmers experienced a 3% increase in their corn yield and a 5% increase in soybeans after five consecutive years of cover crop use.
Southwest Oklahoma tends to be on the dry side, and with limited moisture, taking a grain crop to harvest or adding a multi-species cover crop mix, increases water demand.
Iowa’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program and Cover Crop-Crop Insurance Demonstration Project.
Double-cropping is common where two crops, typically of different species, are grown sequentially in the same growing season, or where one crop (e.g. vegetable) is grown continuously with a cover crop (e.g. wheat).
There are two possible grazing time frames for late-summer or fall-seeded cover crops that are specific to the cover crop being planted.
Different lines of work collectively stress the need for careful cover crop management to avoid potential risks.
If you aren’t actively growing something, add a cover crop or use mulch such as leaf mold.
One of the biggest challenges, especially with winter rye, is just what you’re asking about: how to transition from the cover crop to vegetables.
Soybeans emerge through a cover crop of cereal rye and corn residue on Richard Lyons’ farm on May 10, 2023.
They now terminate the cover crop with herbicides rather than tilling it.
Patricia Moreno-Cadena et al, Productivity benefits of cereal-legume cover crop mixtures under variable soil nitrogen and termination times, European Journal of AgronomyDOI: 10.1016/j.
Farm Business: Here’s how to use partial budgeting to determine cover crop economics.
Farmers are limited to a few products like paraquat (Gramoxone; Group 22), glufosinate (Liberty; Group 10) or glyphosate (Roundup; Group 9) for cover crop termination.
For cereal rye, Illinois’ most popular cover crop, plant at 55 pounds per acre or more to have a significant impact on weeds.
He believes in the future those corn varieties could be planted earlier, and they could be planted directly into a green cover crop of hairy vetch and rye.
He says weed control with soybeans and cotton is cheaper with the cover crop/no-till system.
How much nitrogen does a cover crop take up?
In other words, this may indicate how cover crop practices might affect subsequent cash crops —whether that's sequestering, fixing or tying up nitrogen, or using or retaining moisture.
Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy program will likely come up for discussion, to raise more money to help farmers expand Iowa’s cover crop acreage and install other soil and water conservation measures.