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Cover Cropping

A corn field interseeded with a crimson clover and ryegrass cover crop.

Cover Crop Coaching Webinar Recordings Available

 800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Watch recordings of this unique webinar series about how to work with your farmers for cover crop success.

Spring growth of a ryegrass cover crop in a field, farmhouse and farm in the distance.

Expanding Watershed Restoration Beyond the Stream Corridor

 800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Healthy streams need healthy watersheds. Improving soil health in farm fields can be a very cost-effective way to reach water-quality goals.

Video still from Episode 2 of the WHYY "Stories From the Streams" video series

Stories From the Streams: Saving Soil, Saving Streams

 836 473 Stroud Water Research Center

Learn how farmers and scientists can work together to maintain the health of soil and streams. Episode 2 in the “Stories from the Streams” series from WHYY TV12.

Illustration with a farm in the distance and healthy soil with organisms in the foreground

Soil Health Management: Changing Conversations, Revolutionizing Agriculture

 600 262 Stroud Water Research Center

Soil health management recognizes that the soil is a diverse, dynamic ecosystem that, under proper management, will support healthy crops with fewer inputs.

Steve Groff kneels in a field of hairy vetch, triticale and clover on his farm in Holtwood, Pa. The field has been rolled. Photo by Philip Gruber, courtesy of Lancaster Farming

Tips for Cover Cropping Success

 450 334 Stroud Water Research Center

The Stroud Center sponsors a series of cover cropping articles written by Steve Groff, a cover crop researcher and owner of Cover Crop Coaching.

A goldfinch perched on seed heads.

Lancaster Farming Highlights Farmer’s Efforts to Help Environment

 800 525 Stroud Water Research Center

The Stoltzfus farm is a great example of how the Stroud Center can help landowners tap a range of public and private funds to help them afford projects.