High-residue cover crops & Sod-based rotation

management options for reducing climate risks?

High-residue cover crops Sod-based rotation

High-residue cover crops

What is it?• Large winter cover crop, rolled down and

planted through in the spring

High-residue cover crops

What it does?• Too much rain reduced erosion• Too little water increased infiltration

less soil evaporation

• High temperatures reduced soil temp

Sod-based rotation

What is it? Pasture-based rotation• Two years of perennial grass in a conventional

rotation

Sod-based rotation

What it does?• Too much rain soil can hold more

water, more nutrients

• Too little water deeper root zone