Cover Crop Recipes: Post Corn, Going to Soybeans and Post Soybeans, Going to Corn

These publications are intended to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. With experience, farmers may fine-tune the use of cover crops for their systems. Development of these publications was led by Midwest Cover Crop Council.

Recipe: Post Corn, Going to Soybean

This recipe provides an introductory approach to integrating a cover crop into a corn-soybean rotation. Planting a cover crop ahead of a soybean cash crop is often the easiest way to introduce cover crops into your rotation.

Recipe: Post Soybean, Going to Corn

Often the easiest place to start is to plant a cover crop ahead of a soybean cash crop following corn, so consider starting with the companion recipe above.