First for Western region, tool recommends species based on farmer goals, local conditions

For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ unique situations and goals.

“This tool is the first of its kind – publicly available, free to use, and validated by experts in the Western region, about Western cropping systems,” said Sarah Light, University of California Cooperative Extension agronomy farm advisor for Sutter, Yuba and Colusa counties.