Cover Crop Seed
Calculate cover crop seed and cost by acreage.
About Cover Crop Seed
Cover crops are seeded by the pound per acre, so multiplying the field's acres by the recommended rate gives the seed order. Cover crops rebuild organic matter and hold soil between cash crops, and the seed cost is small against the fertility it returns.
Formula
Cover Crop Seed
Seed = acres x rate per acre; cost = seed x price
- green manure
- A crop grown to be turned into the soil
Worked example
With the default values below, Cover Crop Seed returns Seed Needed of 120.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Field acresminimum 0 ac
- 2 ac
- Seed rateminimum 0 lbs/ac
- 60 lbs/ac
- Seed priceminimum 0 $/lb
- 1.5 $/lb
Results
- Seed Needed
- 120.0 lbs
- Seed Cost
- $180.00
- Area in Sq Ft
- 87,120 sq ft
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Cover Crop Seed
- 3Seed Needed= 120.0 lbs
- 4Seed Cost= 180.00
- 5Area in Sq Ft= 87,120 sq ft
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Cover Crop Seed calculated?
Seed = acres x rate per acre; cost = seed x price Cover crops are seeded by the pound per acre, so multiplying the field's acres by the recommended rate gives the seed order.
Why does Cover Crop Seed matter?
Cover crops rebuild organic matter and hold soil between cash crops, and the seed cost is small against the fertility it returns.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Field acres, Seed rate, Seed price. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.