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Producers with Crop Insurance to Receive Premium Benefit for Cover Crops

June 2, 2021

Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from USDA if they planted cover crops during this crop year.

USDA Reports 81% of Corn Emerged in the U.S.

June 1, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Some 81% of corn was reported emerged, above both the 76% emerged last year and the 64% emerged in the week prior. The 5-year average emergence rate for this week was 70%.

USDA Reports 41% of Corn Emerged in U.S.

May 17, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the latest Crop Progress report from USDA, 41% of corn has emerged as of the week ended May 16.

USDA Reports 20% of Corn Emerged in U.S.

May 10, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the latest Crop Progress report from USDA, 20% of corn has emerged as of the week ended May 9.

USDA Reports Nearly Half of U.S. Corn Planted

May 3, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA reported 46% of corn planted as of the week ended May 2, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report.

[Podcast] Covers Can Help Mitigate Soilborne Diseases

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Bio Till Cover Crops, features Bob Larkin, a plant pathologist with USDA ARS based in Maine. Larkin will discuss which soilborne diseases are impacted by cover crops, which cover crop species are better at mitigating soilborne diseases, how geography affects how cover crops work against soilborne diseases, and more.

April 28, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Bio Till Cover Crops, features Bob Larkin, a plant pathologist with USDA ARS based in Maine. Larkin will discuss which soilborne diseases are impacted by cover crops, which cover crop species are better at mitigating soilborne diseases, how geography affects how cover crops work against soilborne diseases, and more.

USDA Reports 3% of Corn Emerged in the U.S.

April 26, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, some 3% of corn has emerged in the week ended April 25, in line with the 3% emerged in the same week last year but below the 5-year average of 4%.

USDA Reports 2% of Corn Planted in the U.S.

April 5, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, some 2% of corn has been planted in the week ended April 4, in line with the 2% planted in the same week last year.

Understanding the Haney Soil Test

November 2, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: KMA Radio

The Haney soil health test, named for U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist Rick Haney, includes more than a dozen different soil-test values. Those include standard macro- and micro-nutrients for plant consumption, but what’s different about the Haney test is that it also estimates nutrients for microbial consumption, focusing on how much carbon and nitrogen is in the soil. Read more in this article from KMA.

Auburn University Receives Grant to Study Cover Crops, Other Conservation Practices

August 17, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Southeast Ag Net

The grants are designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative approaches that have demonstrated conservation benefits on farmland. These conservation practices are sorely needed on Alabama farms for several reasons, said Rishi Prasad, assistant professor and Alabama Extension specialist in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences and leader of the research project. Read more in this article from Southeast AgNet.