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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How One Illinois Farmer Strip-Tills Into Cover Crops

More years ago than he’d care to remember, Opey Rowell got some sage advice. “I was told, ‘Opey, farm like nobody’s around you. Don’t worry about everybody else; just do your thing,’ ” Rowell recalls. Rowell took that statement to heart. In short order, he was on a mission to figure out a better way to farm, even if it didn’t look like his neighbors. His goals are the same as those of nearly every other farmer: Increase yield. Improve soil health. Manage weeds. Retain nutrients. Make more money per acre — long term.

Prince Edward Island Continues Rapid Expansion of Cover Crop Acres

Cover crops are everywhere on Prince Edward Island. In recent years, growers looking to help manage the Island's light-textured soils have rapidly ramped up cover crop planting to improve soil health and fight erosion.

Trying to Beat the Rain with Cover Crops

This farmer is speeding through his field trying desperately to finish seeding cover crops before the rain starts. Can anyone relate?

Cover Croppers Love Rain

Recent rains across the Midwest are a welcome sight for farmers that have seeded cover crops. Northern Illinois farmer Norm Deets says the dry fall has challenged crop establishment.

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Conservation Outcomes Webinar: Lessons Learned for Water Quality Outcomes

In this webinar, Dr. Deanna Osmond shares lessons learned, synthesized from 13 watershed-scale studies of conservation effects conducted under the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) by universities in partnership with NRCS and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). She highlights the effects of cropland and pastureland conservation practices such as cover crops and no-till on water quality outcomes at the watershed scale.

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