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:

Livestock, Cover Crops & No-Till — A Soil Health Dream

Join Jason from Birchfield Family Farms as he talks about how he uses sheep in his no-till cover crop system, which is successful and repeatable year after year. He also shows how he moves his St. Croix sheep onto the overwintering cover crop mix.

Farmer Panel Features No-Till Innovator Ray Archuleta

Join Joe Gardiner from Covers & Co. as he hosts an engaging discussion with Ray Archuleta, soil scientist & soil health educator. Ray Archuleta is a certified professional soil scientist with the Soil Science Society of America and is retired from the USDA/ NRCS with over 30 years’ experience as a Soil Conservationist, Water Quality Specialist, Conservation Agronomist and Soil Health Specialist.

Hear this Simple Message — Put Down the Plow

In this video from Ag Talk in the Raw, one farmer tries to spread a simple message: Put Down the Plow. He says that 4 years of no-till is a start to sequestering nutrients that have been in the soil for millions of years. “Just add a cover program and patience and you might get results you didn't ever think you could have seen.”

Bottle of Red, Bottle of White, Bottle of… Cover Crops?

There's more than meets the eye to Napa's must-see Mustard Season blooms. Winemaker Meghan Zobeck shares how cover crops benefit vineyards—and how each vineyard's cover crop is different.

Cover Crops Acres Increasing in Minnesota

What began as a cover crop experiment has turned into a side business for a Minnesota farmer.

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