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 Cover Crops Ahead of Soybeans

Sam Bennett of Ida County, Iowa, says cover crops have been crucial in helping him suppress weeds and have allowed him to cut back on herbicide use. Most notably, he is seeing benefits from planting cover crops ahead of soybeans.

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Snow Acts as Natural Fertilizer & Nitrogen Source for Cover Croppers

In this Facebook post, read about how snow can be an excellent source of nitrogen for a cover cropped field. Precipitation pulls the nitrates down to the ground as a natural fertilizer. Rain and snow both contain nitrogen, but snow by its nature provides a better delivery method. Read more here.

Uncharted Cover Crop Territory: Getting Into Grazing

Cover crops had been part of Idaho farmer Austin Poulson's potato operation for over a decade. But bringing livestock into the mix? That was uncharted territory. Thanks to a McCain Innovation Hub on his farm, Poulson has seen that reducing tillage and integrating livestock can improve water infiltration, soil structure, and grow a better potato crop.

Key Considerations for Planting Cover Crops

In this video, Dr. Hunter Frame, field crops agronomist with Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Center, encourages cotton growers to think about their key objectives as they consider planting cover crops. He also shares resources for growers looking to incorporate cover crops into their management plans.

Planting Cover Crops with a Drone

In this video, Dutch arable farmer Pieter van Leeuwen Boomkamp talks about his experience of planting cover crops in his silage corn in mid-September using a drone and what key takeaways he learned from the experiment.

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