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Cereal Rye vs. Winter Wheat: Is One Better than the Other?

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 5, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

This week I traveled to Weninger Farms for a Pre-Planting Clinic hosted by the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil & Healthy Water. The event was filled with lots of great discussions and presentations. Here’s Cover Crop Specialist Brendon Blank answering the age old question of which one is better: winter wheat or cereal rye?

Which Cover Crops Bloom Early Enough to Benefit Following Corn Crop?

By John Hart posted on April 2, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Termination

Source: Farm Progress

A benefit of legumes is that they can mine nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash from the subsoil. Frame said a goal of the research is to discover if those nutrients from the cover crop can be used by the cash crop following the cover crop.

[Podcast] How to Improve Cover Crop Performance and Increase Biomass

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, listen to a conversation with Etienne Sutton, a PhD candidate at University of Michigan studying in the Soil & Agroecosystems Lab. She talks about her research on what factors affect cover crop biomass levels and how to improve cover crop performance overall.

March 29, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, listen to a conversation with Etienne Sutton, a PhD candidate at University of Michigan studying in the Soil & Agroecosystems Lab. She talks about her research on what factors affect cover crop biomass levels and how to improve cover crop performance overall.

Multi-Year Cover Crop Project Aims to Quantify Changes in Soil Health

By Anthony Martin posted on March 25, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Iowa Soybean Association

Improved soil health, reduction in chemical and fertilizer needs, field workability and yield are all points of discussion with cover crops. For some farmers in Iowa, cover crops have been adopted and thrive as a management practice. Other farmers still have questions about the overall benefits and risks surrounding the practice.

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Growers Needed for Soil Health Focus Groups at University of Missouri

March 14, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

The University of Missouri's Center for Regenerative Agriculture is recruiting a few more producers to participate in focus groups discussing soil health.

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Soil & Water Outcomes Fund Launches 5th Year of Farmer Enrollment

Program expands agricultural sustainability efforts to 28 states

March 8, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

The program enrolled over 300,000 acres and paid more than $10.5 million to farmers in 2023.

Can Taller Cover Crops Lead to Cleaner Water?

By Brian Devore posted on March 4, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics, Termination

Source: Civil Eats

In 2022, Olmsted County commissioners Mark Thein and Gregg Wright approached staffers in the local soil and water conservation district office and asked a seemingly straightforward question: How can we keep nitrates out of the groundwater?

A Discussion with 2024 National Cover Crop Summit Presenter Matt Burkholder

February 28, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Associate Editor Mackane Vogel chats with 2024 National Cover Crop Summit presenter Matt Burkholder, a grower from Lima, Ohio. They’ll discuss Burkholder’s presentation, “My Soil Health Journey: Learning from Past Mistakes, Turning Dirt Into Healthy Soil.”

A Discussion with 2024 National Cover Crop Summit Presenter Jim Hoorman

February 28, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Associate Editor Mackane Vogel chats with 2024 National Cover Crop Summit presenter Jim Hoorman, a soil health specialist with Hoorman Soil Health Services. They’ll discuss Hoorman’s presentation, “Nutrient and Fertilizer Content of Cover Crops.”

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