Cover Crops
Cover Crop Seed for West Texas & the High Plains
Cover crops are an effective way to improve soil health, reduce erosion, build organic matter, and maximize the long-term productivity of your land. Whether you’re looking to improve soil structure, capture nutrients, suppress weeds, provide seasonal grazing, or enhance water infiltration, cover crops offer practical benefits for farms and ranches across West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, Eastern New Mexico, and the Oklahoma Panhandle.
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At Jack Seed & Supply, we offer quality cover crop seed and custom cover crop blends designed to fit your operation, cropping system, and long-term management goals.
Single-Species Cover Crops
Single-species cover crops allow producers to target specific objectives such as erosion control, nutrient scavenging, grazing, or organic matter production. We carry a wide selection of grasses, legumes, and brassicas to help you build the right program for your acres.
Multi-Species Cover Crop Blends
Cover crop blends combine multiple species to provide a wider range of agronomic benefits than a single crop alone. By incorporating grasses, legumes, brassicas, and other species, these blends can improve soil diversity while supporting multiple management goals in one planting.
Grazing Cover Crops
Many cover crops provide valuable forage for livestock while continuing to protect and improve the soil. Grazing cover crop mixes can help extend the grazing season, improve forage availability, and create additional value from every acre.
Soil Health Benefits
Cover crops help improve soil structure, increase organic matter, reduce compaction, enhance water infiltration, and encourage beneficial soil biology. Over time, these improvements can contribute to healthier, more productive fields.
Weed Suppression & Erosion Control
Fast-establishing cover crops help protect bare ground by reducing erosion from wind and water while competing with unwanted weeds. Maintaining living roots and surface residue also helps conserve valuable topsoil throughout the year.
Choosing the Right Cover Crop
The best cover crop depends on your crop rotation, planting window, moisture availability, livestock plans, herbicide history, and long-term management goals. Our team can help you select individual species or custom blends that fit your operation.
Built for High Plains Growing Conditions
Growing cover crops across the High Plains requires species that can establish quickly and perform under changing weather conditions. We offer cover crop seed selected for dependable performance throughout West Texas and the surrounding region.
Why Choose Jack Seed & Supply?
Choosing the right cover crop starts with understanding your goals. Whether you’re focused on improving soil health, providing seasonal forage, reducing erosion, or building a custom blend, we’ll help you select cover crop seed that fits your operation and your management practices.
Find the Right Cover Crop Seed
Browse our cover crop seed options and custom blends below to compare species, recommended uses, and planting applications. Whether you’re planting a single-species cover crop or a diverse custom mix, Jack Seed & Supply has solutions to help you get more from every acre.
Cover Crop Trial Data
Compare the latest cover crop trial data below to evaluate biomass production, establishment, winter hardiness, soil health benefits, and overall field performance. Reviewing trial results alongside your crop rotation, planting window, grazing plans, and management goals can help you select the cover crop species or blend that’s the best fit for your operation.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cover Crops
What are cover crops?
Cover crops are planted primarily to improve soil health, reduce erosion, suppress weeds, increase organic matter, and provide other agronomic benefits between cash crops.
What cover crop species do you carry?
We offer a variety of grasses, legumes, brassicas, and custom cover crop blends to fit a wide range of farming and ranching operations.
Can cover crops be grazed?
Yes. Many cover crop species and blends provide excellent seasonal forage for cattle and other livestock while continuing to deliver soil health benefits.
Should I plant a single species or a blend?
That depends on your goals. Single-species cover crops are useful for targeting specific objectives, while multi-species blends can provide a broader range of agronomic and soil health benefits.
Can you help me build a custom cover crop blend?
Absolutely. We can help design a custom cover crop blend based on your crop rotation, soil conditions, grazing plans, moisture availability, and long-term management goals.
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