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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Farmers Should Select Cover Crops Based on Soil Health Needs

In this video, Dieter Gagelmans of Gagelmans Farms and Chris Simeniuk of Kettle Ridge Organics share how they select their cover crops at the 2023 Organic Alberta Conference. To meet their soil health goals, boost nitrogen availability and manage moisture, individual farms may require different crops and management strategies.

Can Planting Potatoes as a Cover Crop Mitigate Erosion?

Lewis Baarda, researcher at Farming Smarter, explains in this video that part of its Saving Soils study is to analyze how growing potatoes as cover crops may help mitigate erosion in fields. Several other crops such as fall rye and winter peas were planted, and researchers will determine soil structure and level of erosion prevention in the spring.

Wisconsin Farmer Using Cattle to Feed His Cover Crops

Instead of growing crops to feed his cattle, Wisconsin farmer Jeff Gaska is growing his cattle to feed his crops. This video explores how Gaska is working toward this goal by grazing cover crops interseeded into 60-inch row corn, but is it economically viable?

Cover Crop Adoption Linked to Incentive Programs

A University of Illinois study found that the increase in cover crop adoption over the last decade is linked to an increase in state and federal cover crop incentive programs. Funding has increased from $5 million in 2005 to $156 million in 2018, while cover crop adoption doubled between 2017 and 2021.

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Photo by: University of Wisconsin

Weekly Virtual Meet-Ups Allow No-Tillers to Improve Conservation Practices

On January 18, 25 and February 1, One Good Idea is hosting Good Idea Shop Talks, a free, virtual meet-up for row crop and livestock farmers across the Midwest and mid-South who want to exchange ideas and troubleshoot challenges related to improving soil and water resources. Grants are also available to farmers who are implementing low-cost edge-of-field conservation practices.

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