Cover Crop Strategies editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week:


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Use Cover Crops for Year-Round Grazing

The 2022 Cover Crop Grazing Conference in Nebraska showed the possibility of 365-day grazing. Nebraska extension educators explain the benefits of livestock and factors to consider when implementing annual forages in this article from Ag Update.

Grazed stand

Satellite Data Reveal Uptick in Cover Cropping on Farms

Writer Katherine Kornei lays out the myriad of ways that cover crops are beneficial to the environment and explains the significance of recent satellite cover crop data.

natural strip till

New Guides Outline Cover Crop Initiatives, Insurance Guidelines

The Center for Rural Affairs has released resources outlining cover crop initiatives and providing guidelines for maintaining crop insurance when implementing cover crops.

Soil health class

Why Use Triticale as a Cover Crop

In this YouTube video, the Kansas-based Peterson Farm Bros discuss why they drilled triticale (a cross between wheat and rye) as a cover crop after milo in Kansas Wheat Country.


Headys Farm: Rolling Cover Crops in Frosty Conditions

In this video from a British farmer in Buckinghamshire, he tries to roll cover crops in cold and snowy conditions to see if terminating them slightly earlier will help them break down faster and enable them to kill more blackgrass in the spring.


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Salford Group knows cover crops. Salford’s Valmar 56 series seeders set the bar for versatility and accuracy in cover crop seeding. These machines accurately handle a wide variety of seed and blends, while pairing with virtually any implement to seed cover crops while performing other field operations. Salford has a variety of tillage implements that are suitable for seeding with the 56 series applicators. Some Salford tillage machines can be used for hay and pasture renovation, and others can be used to work in standing cover crops as green manure. Check out Salford’s cover crops solutions at salfordgroup.com

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