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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Nov. 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

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. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Salford Group.

Benefits of a Cover Crop Mix Versus a Single Species Cover Crop

August 8, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

The decision whether to mix species or plant a single species as a cover crop depends on your goals, time of the year, and costs. Planting a mix can increase biodiversity on a farm and can also insure against weather extremes, since different species will thrive in different weather conditions. Read more in this article from the University of Nebraska.

Annual Cover Crops, Forages Prove Beneficial in Challenging Planting Season

June 16, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: South Dakota State Extension

Annual forages or early summer cover crops can be a helpful alternative in late planting situations and often work well within the crop insurance system. There is no ‘hard and fast’ blanketed mix or species that can be recommended to all producers, as each grower is in a unique circumstance with a different production environment and goals, soil types and management techniques.

Planning Termination of Cover Crop Mixes for 2022

November 5, 2021 | Posted in Termination

Source: Hoosier Ag Today

There are some options for fields that have a mixture of cover crop species growing in them and how to effectively terminate the cover crops before corn or soybean production. Read more in this article from Hoosier Ag News.

Setting Tobacco Up for Success

October 1, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Lancaster Farming

If Tim Fritz’s experiments are any indication, the next step in cover crop innovation could be tailoring cover mixes to the needs of the cash crop. Fritz, owner and president of cover crop and forage seed dealer King’s AgriSeeds, started down his current line of research a few years ago when he began working with a German company that was developing complex, cutting-edge strategies for cover cropping. Read more in this article from Lancaster Farming.

Self-Seeding Covers Can Help Growers Reduce Costs

By Sarah Hill posted on September 10, 2021

If you haven’t gotten fall covers established yet, now is the time to be seeding them, so many growers are thinking about what species to include in cover crop mixes. Self-seeding black medic might be a good choice.

[Video] Meet Multiple Goals with Cover Crop Mixes

April 21, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this video from Penn State University, find out what cover crop species make an effective mixture, why adding more cover crop species to a mixture means more functionality, challenges to using cover crop mixtures, and more.

Selecting the Right Cover Crop Mix

November 6, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: DRG News

There’s no one-size-fits-all cover crop mix. So, selecting the right cover crop mix may seem a bit overwhelming. Read more in this article from DRG News.

Aerial Imagery Can Help Determine the Impact of Cover Crops on Cash Crop Growth & Development

October 20, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

The benefits of planting cover crop mixtures include the potential for additional nutrients to the subsequent cash crop, improved livestock feed and improved soil health, among other benefits. Farmers adopting multispecies cover crops are also interested in learning about the yield response of the crop planted following a cover crop. Read more in this article from the University of Nebraska.

[Video] What You Need to Know About Seeding Covers

September 23, 2020 | Posted in Grazing

In this video from University of Arkansas Extension, learn about the keys to achieving a good cover crop stand, the importance of correct seeding rate, and how to use your cover crop goals to determine the timing of cover crop seeding.