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Use Cover Crops to Create a Green Bridge for Pests

May 11, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Source: Cotton Grower
There are some basic management practices that can affect, sometimes worsen, and other times be used to reduce risks of insect pest injury. As a general rule of thumb (but not universally true), no-till production increases the risk of some problems including pests like cutworm, three-cornered alfalfa hopper, slugs, and several below ground pests (e.g., wireworms and white grubs). Read more in this article from Cotton Grower.
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Controlling Voles in Cover Crops

May 8, 2020 | Posted in Economics
Source: Delphos Herald
Voles or field mice populations are increasing due to a mild winter. They predominate in no-till and/or cover crop fields but are also common in tilled fields. Read more in this article from the Delphos Herald (Delphos, Ohio).
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It Always Comes Back to the Land

May 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Rock Island Dispatch-Argus
Wayne Fredericks walks out into a cornfield on his northern Iowa farm and points out the first bits of spring growth of a cover crop shooting through the cornstalks. “We didn’t use cover crops years ago,” he says. “In fact, when I first started farming in 1973 … we didn’t treat the land very well.” Read more in this article from the Rock Island Dispatch Argus (Davenport, Iowa).
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Much to Learn About Soil Microbes

May 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Aberdeen News
Results of a three-year soil health study focusing on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi proves there is still much to learn about soil microbes. “This is the purpose of research,” explains Mike Lehman, soil microbiologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Station (USDA-ARS) in Brookings, S.D. Read more in this article from Aberdeen News.
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Will the Pandemic Increase Cover Crop Use?

May 5, 2020 | Posted in Economics
Source: Lancaster Farming
We need to hear more about eating nutritious food loaded with vitamins and minerals so we can naturally protect ourselves and resist COVID-19, or other viruses that will emerge at some point. And that’s where cover crops come in. You may be thinking that I’m trying to exploit this current crisis and my bias to the use of cover crops, but indeed there is a connection between the use of cover crops and human health. Read more in this article from Lancaster Farming.
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More Soil Health Policies Needed

May 4, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Kenosha News
Calling it a “quiet crisis” in 2018, Ohio State University professor of soil science Rattan Lal said soil loss is a major issue that has been affecting farmers around the world for centuries. “The best practices are to not plow, keep the ground covered with residue and grow a cover crop in the off-season,” Lal said. Read more in this article from Kenosha News.
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