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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Planting Soybeans Green Into Cereal Rye Cover Crop

In this video from Practical Farmers of Iowa, learn about the benefits of planting soybeans into a green cereal rye cover crop and how to do it successfully.

How & Why I First Started Using Cover Crops

Roger Feekes, a row crop farmer located just outside Sioux Center, Iowa, recalls the moment that he and his agronomist first decided to try cover crops on his operation and how his agronomist helped him make it a success.

Carbon Programs Provide New Incentives for Implementing Cover Crops

One Central Minnesota no-tiller, John Peterson, is seeing more opportunities to earn money through carbon programs as sustainable farming practices like no-till and cover crops become more popular in his region of Chisago County, Minn.

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John Peterson, who uses no-till and cover crops in his corn and soybean fields, and Anna Teeter, a conservation agronomist with Cargill, look over the soil June 16, at his farm in North Branch, Minn. Photo by: Anthony Soufflé, Star Tribune

Take a Tour of This Cover Crop Rotation Study Field

In this video, Dr. Yvonne Lawley from the plant sciences department of the University of Manitoba discusses a cover crop/intercrop rotation study and intercropping for livestock integration.

Sorghum Sudangrass: King of All Cover Crops?

In this 60-second YouTube short from Dowdle Family Farms, watch and listen to all the reasons why this grower believes that sorghum sudangrass is the most productive cover crop he has ever grown on his farm.

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