CSP Practice Type: Cover Crops & Crop Diversification

Practice	Contracts
Continuous cover crops	38
Plant an annual grass-type cover crop that will scavenge residual nitrogen	36
Use deep rooted crops to breakup soil compaction	25
Use of Cover Crop Mixes	19
Resource-Conserving Crop Rotation	13
Multi-story cropping, sustainable management of nontimber forest plants	8
Conservation Crop Rotation	6
Cover Crop	4
Silvopasture for wildlife habitat	4
Use of legume cover crops as a nitrogen source	2
High residue cover crop or mixtures of high residue cover crops for weed suppression and soil health	1
Intensive no-till (Organic or Non-organic systems)	1
Intensive cover cropping in annual crops	1

Practice Type: Cover Crops & Crop Diversification

Signup	Contracts
2010-1	45
2010-2	42
2011-1	15
2012-1	44
2013-1	12

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