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Virginia Cover Crop Variety Guide

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SPES-832NP

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Authored by Dr. William (Hunter) Frame, Field Crops Agronomist and Associate Professor; Janessa Fiorenza, Lab & Research Specialist, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center; Guy (Allen) Savage, Jr., Field Research Specialist, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center; and Brandt Tate, PhD Student, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center

This publication is available in a PDF file format only. 

The purpose of this guide is to provide farmers, industry, crop consultants and government personnel with information for various cover crop species and varieties within species on biomass accumulation, nutrient uptake, and flower/heading dates across Virginia.

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Publication Date

August 28, 2026

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