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Nitrogen scavenging : using cover crops to reduce nitrate leaching in western Oregon

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Sattell, Robert, Dick, Richard, Hemphill, Delbert D., Selker, John S., Brandi-Dohrn, Florian M., Minchew, Hudson, Hess, Marlo, Sandeno, Joan, Kaufman, Susan M., and Oregon State University. Extension Service

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Declared out of print April 2010. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog

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leached to groundwater in western Oregon annual vegetable rotations. Cereal rye cover crop and fallow
Field measurements of nitrate leaching below Willamette Valley row and mint crops

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Oregon State University. Extension Service, Feaga, Jeff, and Selker, John S.

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According to the United States Geological Survey, 9 percent of wells in the Willamette Valley exceed the EPA’s 10 ppm drinking water standard for nitrogen in the NO3– compound, or NO3–-N. A study of 281 domestic drinking water wells in Lane County showed that 22 percent of the wells exceeded...

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Technical Report

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) and Smesrud and Selker (1998). 2) Use of cover crops to scavenge N—Research in Oregon and around the