The following articles provide additional information on water use by cover crops:
- What we talk about when we talk about soil health
- Comparing infiltration rates in soils managed with conventional and alternative farming methods: A meta-analysis
- Assessing how cover crops close the soil health gap in on-farm experiments
- Noah’s Nebraska flood story
- Cover crops reduce water drainage in temperate climates: A meta-analysis
- A meta-analysis on cover crop impact on soil water storage, succeeding crop yield, and water-use efficiency
- Soil water improvements with the long-term use of a winter rye cover crop
- The impact of continuous living cover on soil hydrologic properties: A meta-analysis
- Cover crops have negligible impact on soil water in Nebraska maize–soybean rotation
- Cover crop effect on subsequent wheat yield in the central Great Plains
- Implications of cover crop planting and termination timing on rainfed maize production in semi-arid cropping systems
These course materials are part of a collaborative agreement between USDA NRCS and the University of Nebraska to support conservation delivery.