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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Direct Drilling Seed into a Cover Crop

Check out this YouTube Short that features footage of direct drilling seed into a standing rye, vetch and clover cover crop.

Monitoring the Impact of Cover Crops on Soil Microbiome in Hemp

By comparing soil samples from his own long-term regenerative hemp field with those from a neighbor's traditional field, Steve Groff discusses the power of incorporating microbe products and strategic cover cropping into farming practices.

Digging into Cover Crops in Brazil

Cover crops and intercropping play an important part in regenerative agricultural systems in Latin American. By switching crops each season and keeping the soil covered throughout the year, farmers preserve soil health and limit pest and disease pressure.

“There's No Better Time to be a Cover Cropper or a No-Till Farmer”

A new 45Z tax credit plan means that farmers can expect biofuel plants to offer a premium for reducing carbon intensity through no-till and cover crops. Director of conservation for the Iowa Soybean Association says there is no better time to be a cover cropper or a no-tiller.

Wheat and Rye Cover Crop

Root, Root Root for the … Dairy Daddies?

The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the Danville Dairy Daddies, a newly formed collegiate summer league baseball franchise in Danville, Va. The squad, and its mascot, McCreamy, pay homage to Virginia’s dairy trade and agribusiness community. Its debut is later this month, and one of the upcoming promotions includes “Teat Tuggin’ Thursday.”

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