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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Aug. 23, 2024

August 23, 2024

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 Saddle Butte Ag.

Switching Up Cover Crop Routine Proves Beneficial

By Allison Lund posted on May 4, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

When is a good time to change your cover crop routine? According to Carter Morgan, Cayuga, Ind., an early harvest could create the perfect environment for testing out new cover crop combinations on some acreage.

Missouri Growers Use Cover Crops to Replenish Nutrients, Improve Soil Structure

By Ceilidh Kern posted on November 29, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Missouri Independent

The positives of planting cover crops include supporting the local environment and making crops more productive and climate-resilient. Thanks to cover crops, no-till and crop rotation, Willott says his farm still had a fairly good harvest despite this year’s drought, extreme heat and flooding.

Cover Crops Helped Save Farmland from Erosion

By Richard Siemers posted on September 6, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: The Land

Doug Bos is Assistant Director of Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District, where he has worked for 27 years. When he talks about cover crops, he is not only talking of programs, he is speaking of personal experience.

Study: Cover Crops Reduce Sediment, Phosphorus Loss

December 14, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Science Direct

Cover crops reduce sediment loss and total phosphorus loss from no-till corn and soybean fields, according to a study published in the Journal of Environmental Management.

[Video] Iowa Growers Share Why They Use Cover Crops

October 12, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this video from Iowa Learning Farms, hear from Iowa growers discussing cover crop management, growing cover crops for seed, and grazing covers.

Hold on to Valuable Topsoil with Cover Crops

By Sarah Hill posted on August 11, 2021

According to a new study published by scientists at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, more than a third of farmland in the U.S. Corn Belt has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil to erosion.

Cover Crops in Potato Rotations

December 23, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Potato News Today

In humid climates, there is a high risk of topsoil loss from erosion on bare soil as well as nitrogen from fertilizers leaking or leaching from the soil into water sources, which can cause groundwater pollution. This is especially true in the fall, after potato harvest, and in the spring, due to melting snow. Read more in this story from Potato News Today.