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Free Webinar: Planting Green to Suppress Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds

National Cover-Crop Summit Returns March 14-16

February 17, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Attend Jim Stute's upcoming virtual session for the National Cover Crop Summit where you'll learn how planting green fits into an overall resistance management system as well as how rye termination timing impacts weed suppression, soybean development and yield.

New OpTIS Data from Satellite Imagery Show 2.5x Rise in Corn Belt Cover Crops

Corn Belt cover crop acres climbed from 2.8 million to 7.5 million between 2015 and 2021

February 6, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

A new tranche of data from the Operational Tillage Information System (OpTIS) tracked a 250% climb in cover crop acreage—from 2.8 million acres in 2015 to 7.5 million acres in 2021—led by row crop farmers in the southern portion of the region. The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), which hosts free access to OpTIS data on its ctic.org website, dubbed this week's release "OpTIS 3.0."

[Podcast] Cover Cropping as a Commitment to Soil Health & Clean Waters with Seth Watkins

In this episode of the podcast, brought to you by Montag, Seth Watkins of southern Iowa joins us for a discussion about the benefits of incorporating cover crops into your operation specifically as a means to stay committed to improving soil health, conserving the land and keeping our waters clean.

January 12, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

In this episode of the podcast, brought to you by Montag, Seth Watkins of southern Iowa joins us for a discussion about the benefits of incorporating cover crops into your operation specifically as a means to stay committed to improving soil health, conserving the land and keeping our waters clean.

Ducks Unlimited Offering Cover Crop Incentives in Indiana and Michigan

September 2, 2022 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

Source: Ducks Unlimited

Over the next 4 years, DU will work with their partners and private landowners to enroll acres into cover crop contracts with ADM. In return, the landowners will receive a $10/acre incentive payment, each year, for 4 years ($40 per acre total).

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Aug. 26, 2022

August 26, 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.

Cover Cropping for Hunting and Grazing

South Dakota cow-calf operation utilizes covers to boost hunting business and livestock grazing.

By Noah Newman posted on June 2, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing

Welcome to Holsing Farms, a sizeable grass-based rangeland located roughly 45 miles southwest of Aberdeen, S.D. Gene Holt, along with older brother Nick and dad, Kurt, operate the 5,000-acre property. Gene’s great grandfather Vic Holsing founded the farm in 1929 before passing the baton to Gene’s grandfather Gene Holsing, and eventually to Kurt in 1980.