Virginia Cooperative ExtensionThomason, Wade E.Fleming, Cathy2020-10-142020-10-142020-09-23http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100521Cover crops provide many diverse assets. By providing additional residue (carbon) and plant biodiversity, cover crops can improve the overall quality of soil and surrounding ecosystem. Cover crops slow soil erosion, make the soil more compact, increases organic matter, helps water infiltration and runoff, suppresses weeds, helps decomposition, and insect control2 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.CropsGrainsSoilsExtension publicationhttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/CSES/CSES-120/SPES-241.pdfCover crops