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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

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Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Oil Seed radish
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:25:35 -0400
From: Andy Clark <san@SARE.ORG>

SARE's very own cover crop book, "Managing Cover Crops Profitably" is online 
at
http://www.sare.org/publications/covercrops.htm

"Managing Cover Crops Profitably" explores how and why cover crops work and provides all the information needed to build 
cover crops into any farming operation. Revised and updated in 2007, the 3rd edition includes new chapters on brassicas 
and mustards, six new farm profiles, as well as a comprehensive chapter on the use of cover crops in conservation 
tillage systems. Updates throughout are based on more than 100 new literature citations and consultations with cover 
crop researchers and practitioners around the country. Appendices include seed sources and a listing of cover crop experts.

"This is the best book I have ever read. It uses science to explain complex concepts, lays out options for different 
systems and climates, and allows innovative farmers to digest the information and make their own intelligent decisions. 
Thank you for the practical advice, acknowledgement of complex tradeoffs, specifics, details and conclusions."
Wolfgang Rougle, Twining Tree Farm, Cottonwood, Cal.

There's a recently-formed cover crop group:
http://www.mccc.msu.edu/
WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST COVER CROPS COUNCIL WEBSITE

The goal of the Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) is to facilitate widespread adoption of cover crops throughout the 
Midwest, to improve ecological, economic, and social sustainability.


Finally, there's a great cover crop group at MSU / Kellogg Biological station. See http://www.kbs.msu.edu/. I note an 
upcoming field day:

Wed Oct 1, 8:30 AM: Community Event -- LTER Field Day. Interested in the Economics of Low-input Field Crop Systems? JOIN 
US OCTOBER 1st at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Southwest Michigan for a field tour and talks on the economics 
and adoption potential of Energy-saving Cover Crops, Integrated Fertilizer Use and No-Till Field Crops. The field day 
will start at 8:30 a.m. on Wed, Oct 1st, 2008.

Andy

Andy Clark, Ph.D.
SARE National Outreach Coordinator
10300 Baltimore Ave.
Bldg. 046 BARC-WEST
Beltsville, MD  20705-2350
PH: 301-504-6425
FX: 301-504-5207
E:  coordinator@sare.org
http://www.sare.org