Seed for Cover Crops
GX Agriculture has been involved with growing seed for over 20 years. We have been growing cover crops since 2010 and now offer cover crop seed for purchase! Our current offering for cover crops is rye seed, but we have experience with other options, including oats, wheat, and tritacale.

What Are Cover Crops?
Cover crops are a way to keep plant life growing on the ground from harvest to planting. Cover crops started as a way to keep the ground from being fallow, but the shown benefits beyond erosion control include improved soil structure, water-holding capacity, organic matter content, and microbial activity. Cover crops enhance the soil your crops live in, which can help boost yields, profitability, and resilience on your farm. They are a long-term investment in your soil that pay off over time.

Why Do I Need Cover Crops?
Cover crops provide soil health with erosion control, improved soil structure, water-holding capacity, organic matter content, microbial activity, weed suppression, and nutrient loss reduction. 

What Kinds of Cover Crops Exist?
There are many kinds of cover crops that can be utilized on-farm. Depending on your location, some may be more viable for you.

Typical cover we use include:

• Rye
• Oats
• Wheat
• Tritacale

​Other cover crops used include brassicas, millets, grasses, clovers, and dwarf sunflowers.

Where Can I Learn Even More?
There are many groups working on cover crop research. A few in particular in our area include:

• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
• Iowa Soybean Association
• Iowa Corn Growers Association
• Corteva
• Practical Farmers of Iowa

How Do I Purchase Cover Crop Seed
from GX Agriculture?

To purchase cover crop seed from us, please complete the form on our contact page. We are happy to work with you to determine the best seed options for your particular soil and to help you decide how much seed you need.

• We fill orders on a first-come first-served basis outside of contracted orders in the fall.
• If you'd like to contract a specific amount of bushels with us for the following season, please indicate that on the form.
• We are happy to discuss other seed options for future seasons than what we currently have available.
  

WHAT COVER CROPS CAN DO FOR YOU

Build Soil Health

With cover crops, you can build your soil health - enhance soil structure, increase water-holding capacity, improve microbial activity, increase organic matter, create more resilience for your crops, create weed suppression, and more!