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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Thirsty Cover Crops and Their Impact on Cash Crops

As many growers emerge from another season of drought, what have we learned about the impacts of a cover crop on moisture status in the field and impacts on our cash crop? In this video, Anna Cates, Minnesota state soil health specialist, and Dan Smith, nutrient and pest management outreach specialist at University of Wisconsin, discuss their recommendations for shifts in strategies based on field moisture status and the forecast.

Cover Crops as a Nutrient Management Strategy

In this video, learn about the carbon to nitrogen ratio and the residual nitrogen value of cover crops from Clemson University forage and livestock systems specialist Liliane Silva.

Aerial Seeding Cover Crops at the Front of Grower’s Mind Ahead of Planting Season

Drought, plans for aerial seeding cover crops and abnormally high temperatures are high on the list of things to be aware of for Hampton, Iowa, no-tiller April Hemmes as she prepares for the 2024 planting season.

Comparing Cover Crops and Various Tillage Practices in NW Minnesota

In this video, learn about the five-year program demonstrating the effects on soil health and profitability of using no-till, strip-till, and conventional-till farming practices both with and without cover crops during a four-crop rotation including corn, soybeans, wheat, and sugar beets.

U.S. Secretary of Ag Comments on Cover Crops at Commodity Classic

At last week’s Commodity Classic in Houston, Texas, Sustainable fuels and “climate-smart” practices were hot topics in U.S. Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack’s general session address, including mentions of cover crops and no-till.

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