Tennessee Supplemental Information For This Enhancement

Cropping Criteria Options:

1. A minimum of two crops if one of the crops is a perennial lasting at least 2 years
   

   Perennials (utilized for haying or grazing) for this criteria would include:

   Cool Season Perennial Grasses:	Warm Season Perennial Grasses:	Legumes:
   kentucky bluegrass	bermudagrass	alfalfa
   orchardgrass	big bluestem	red clover
   reed canarygrass	caucasian bluestem	white clover
   tall fescue	dallisgrass
   timothy	eastern gamagrass
   	indiangrass
   	switchgrass

   
   
2. A minimum of 2 crops, if no perennial, with a cover crop (not harvested) following one of the crop years (no silage or crop residue removed from the system), this may include a summer fallow if seeded to a cover crop
   

   The resource conserving crop for this criteria is the cover crop (not harvested) when following a low residue crop. Cover crops for this criteria would include:

   • barley
   • crimson clover
   • hairy vetch
   • oats
   • rye
   • wheat
3. A minimum of 3 crops, if no perennial, where at least 1/2 the rotation consists of high residue crops
   

   The resource conserving crop for this criteria is the high residue crop. High residue crops to be used for this criteria include:

   • corn
   • small grains (including millets)
   • sorghums

   Note: All silage and grazed crops would be considered low residue crops.