Crop and cattle production responses to tillage and cover crop management in an integrated crop–livestock system in the southeastern USA.

Highlights: [•] Winter cover cropping with legume-derived N and inorganic fertilizer N were evaluated under conventional and no tillage. [•] Type of cover crop had little influence and grazing of cover crops had minor influence on crop production characteristics. [•] Grazing of winter cover crops by cattle added a stable component to production. [•] No tillage had large positive effects on corn and soybean production, but little effect on winter wheat production. [•] Robust, diversified crop–livestock systems with no tillage can be developed for impoverished soils of the southeastern USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]