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[Podcast] Doing Cover Crop Research Right: What I’ve Learned After 22 Years

It’s often been said “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” But developing a reliable process to research the benefits and effects of cover crops on the farm, and produce information that is useful, can be a challenge for some growers.

March 26, 2019 | Posted in Economics

It’s often been said “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” But developing a reliable process to research the benefits and effects of cover crops on the farm, and produce information that is useful, can be a challenge for some growers. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

Doing Cover Crop Research Right: What I’ve Learned After 22 Years

March 26, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Holtwood, Pa., no-tiller and Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff has done thousands of cover crop research plots over the past 2 decades and will share in this podcast how do “do it right” with research — and how to ask the right questions of others’ research — to maximize educational learning and investment in covers.

Researchers Believe Annual Ryegrass Key to Breaking Fragipan

January 27, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

University of Kentucky soil scientists have found that annual ryegrass ryegrass and some chemical combinations appear to break down the soil fragipan that limits crops’ yield potential.

Cover Crops Improve Soil Quality, Crop Yields in Central Kansas Research

December 31, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: DeAnn Presley, Extension Soil Management Specialist, Kansas State University Extension

Cover crops can have several potential benefits for soil quality in a no-till rotation, says Kansas State University Extension soil management specialist DeAnn Presley.