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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Combine Seeder Saves Time & Fuel by Seeding Covers during Harvest

In this video, Nick Smith and his dad, Jack Smith, both of Epworth, Iowa, give an overview of their setup: a Gandy air seeder mounted on a combine to simultaneously combine and seed cover crops. Jack explains the process, saying “The rye is shot ahead of the corn head, then all the corn residue is mulched on top of it,” which provides moisture for the rye to germinate.

Benefits of Using Cover Crops & No-Tilling in Heavy Soil

Heavy soil can present challenges to farmers hoping to transition to no-till. But with patience and a whole-systems approach including cover crops, the problems can be overcome. For corn and soybean grower Tyler Zimmerman, who grew up farming in the Red River Valley, stopping soil erosion on his farm of 2,800 acres near Leonard, N.D., was one of the main reasons he wanted to switch to no-till.

Cover Crops, Field Scouting for Diseases & Where Soybeans Go After Harvest

In this video, Dylan Christopher, Indiana Soybean Alliance board of director and Carroll County farmer, covers why they scout fields, cover crops, and how their soybeans go into livestock feed and biodiesel.

Grower Shares Why He Plants Cover Crops

In this YouTube Short, see how South Dakota farmer/rancher Brian Johnson and his family are discovering increased profits, decreased workload and enhanced land and operation resilience with the use of cover crops.

Cover Crops & Grazing Help No-Tiller’s Farm Thrive

In this video, Clark Coleman, who has utilized no-till farming methods for more than 30 years on his family’s western North Dakota farm, talks about when he saw first-hand what erosion was doing to his soil, and he vowed to do whatever he could to stop erosion and build soil health.

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