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Climate Change Presents Opportunities for Cover Crops

March 27, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN)
“I’ve experienced weird weather personally,” reported Hans Schmitz, showing a slide depicting his Posey County, Indiana, family farm’s destruction after a tornado. “Weather is the day-to-day variations in the earth’s atmosphere measured at a single moment in time. Climate, meanwhile, is by definition ... the average of a weather variable," said the agricultural meteorologist. Read more in this article from The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN).
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[Podcast] Untreated Seed Can Reduce Pest Pressure

Many growers use treated seed to kill pests, but Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says there are valid reasons to consider planting untreated cover crop seed. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)
March 19, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Many growers use treated seed to kill pests, but Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says there are valid reasons to consider planting untreated seed. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)
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Have a Plan for Prevent Plant Acres This Year

March 13, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: Kenosha News
Heading into what’s likely to be another wet spring, farmers can take some stress out of the planting season by planning ahead. “Put together multiple plans of action … and take some of that emotion out of the in-season decision making process,” advised Kyle Gustafson, agronomist with WinField United based in Brookings, South Dakota. Read more in this article from Kenosha News.
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[Video] Seeding Equipment for Cover Crops

March 11, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Paul Gross, Field Crop Educator for Michigan State University Extension, discusses how to choose the best method for your operation for seeding cover crops, what the most common cover crop seeding method is, how to get accurate cover crop seeding placement and more.
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Cover Crops Around the Globe

March 11, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health
Farmers around the world face different challenges, but North American growers can learn a lot from how farmers in other countries solve problems. Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff shares insights on how growers use cover crops to retain moisture in the soil in Australia, managing soil erosion in Tasmania, observations on soil types and structure in France, and more.




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Machine Seeds Cover Crops, Injects Hog Manure in One Pass

Blain, Pa., no-tiller Virgil Gutshall Sr. says the rigged-up tanker puts manure nutrients in the root zone in an environmentally responsible manner
March 10, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices
A small family-owned hog operation in Pennsylvania is the mastermind behind a rig that sidedresses corn with liquid hog manure and seeds cover crops in one pass — possibly the first machine of its kind in the U.S.
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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

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Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.
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