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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Nov. 8, 2024

November 8, 2024

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 Saddle Butte Ag.

Applications for EQIP Classic, EQIP IRA, and AMA programs due November 22

NRCS in Nevada is offering financial and technical assistance to help agricultural producers apply conservation practices through EQIP Classic, EQIP IRA, and AMA. More than $16 million is available to producers.

October 25, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Nevada is offering financial and technical assistance to help agricultural producers apply conservation practices through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Classic (EQIP Classic) and Inflation Reduction Act (EQIP IRA), and the Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA). More than $16 million is available to producers through EQIP and AMA.

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University of Maryland Extension Obtains $500K Grant for Cover Crop Research

By Cameron Adams posted on August 23, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: The Frederick News Post

The University of Maryland Extension in Frederick is looking to expand practical research into cover crops and better understand how farmers learn from each other. The National Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $500,000 for the project to the University of Maryland Extension in Frederick.

Expert Advice from 3 Veteran Cover Croppers at the Midwest Cover Crop Council

By Tom J. Bechman posted on March 14, 2024

Source: Farm Progress

Barry Fisher moderated a panel of cover croppers at the Midwest Cover Crop Council annual meeting.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024

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 Saddle Butte Ag.

Technology Helps Cover Cropper Implement Conservation Practices

January 15, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Product Innovations & Introductions

Source: Iowa Farmer Today

Mark Kingland, who farms nearly 1,800 acres throughout Winnebago County, Iowa, with his brother, Tom, seeded several hundred cover crop acres for the first time in fall 2023 and used his new drone to broadcast the seed.

Biden's Proposed Budget Plan Would Make Cover Crop Pilot Programs Permanent

March 14, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

The Biden administration released a $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week that could propel more farmers toward cover crops and other conservation agriculture practices if approved.

NASS Survey: Confidence, Benefits Exceeding Cost Motivate Cover Cropping

By Brian O'Connor posted on November 1, 2022 | Posted in Economics

A recent survey of 34,000 U.S. producers found that about 59% are using cover crops on an average of 40% of their acres.

Iowa Will Continue $5 per Acre Cover Crop Insurance Discount

October 12, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Economics

Source: Center For Rural Affairs

This is the sixth year this program will be offered in the state of Iowa. To date, 1,800 farmers have enrolled nearly one million acres of Iowa farmland in the program.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Sept. 30, 2022

September 30, 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.