Western Canadian top cover crop expert, Kevin Elmy, gives the lowdown on the economics of using cover crops in grain cropping systems. Kevin goes over:

• Cover crop functions and goals
• Timing of seeding and termination
• Short and long-term benefits and pitfalls to watch out for
• Costs of seeding, applications, and termination
• Projecting revenue and calculating cost per acre
• Indirect benefits and ecosystem services
• Matching your cover crop plan to your goals
• Understanding functional plant groups
• Different ways of cash cropping cover crops
• Making management decisions
• Case studies with cost/acre breakdowns for different rotations and types of cover crop