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What You Need to Know About Toxicity When Selecting Cover Crops for Grazing

February 26, 2019 | Posted in Grazing, Soil Health

When grown for grazing, haying or annual forages, cover crops can improve cattle performance while providing soil stabilization. But not all plants that work well as cover crops are suitable for forage or grazing and some can even be toxic or fatal to livestock, says Kansas State University Extension.

Tips for Better Management of Cereal Rye in Corn, Soybeans

Termination timing, planting depth, seed-to-soil contact and armyworm control are important considerations in making rye the most useful tool for no-till systems.

By John Dobberstein posted on September 16, 2017 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Termination timing, planting depth, seed-to-soil contact and armyworm control are important considerations in making rye the most useful tool for no-till systems.

Cover Crops Good in Any Weather

July 28, 2017 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Iowa Soybean Assn.

An article from Iowa Soybean Assn. discusses Chad Ingels' experience planting soybeans into tall, green cover crops and the potential benefits of this practice on yields and herbicide costs for farmers who pursue the practice.

Does the Grazing of Cover Crops by Cattle Compact Soil?

November 21, 2016 | Posted in Grazing, Soil Health

Source: University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska shares some tips and considerations for gauging and managing potential compaction issues should you decide to graze cover crops on your operation.

Committing to Cover Crops Brings Added Benefits to No-Till

After seeing the changes cover crops made to one farm, the Eberhard family is going all in to take out weeds and secure and produce nutrients.

By Laura Barrera posted on July 30, 2016

Fifteen years ago, Lynn Eberhard began farming a field that was in bad shape. The ground was hard and the yields were poor. So he decided to seed cover crops, which he had been using on and off since the early 1990s, on that farm every year.

Cover Crop Control on Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth

June 7, 2016

Source: Weed Science Society of America

Researchers found that a grass and legume cover crop combination produced the most biomass and reduced emergence of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth by half.

Rye vs. Oat Cover Crops on a Manured Field: Environmental Benefits Vary Greatly

December 27, 2012 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Chris Graham, Harold van Es, and Bob Schindelbeck, Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

Land application of manure creates conditions conducive to significant environmental losses of nutrients.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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