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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Nov. 25, 2022

November 25, 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.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: July 15, 2022

July 15, 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.

Extending the Grazing Season with Cover Crops

December 2, 2020 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Hoard's Dairyman

Feed, especially during the wintertime, is the biggest cost of production for cow-calf operations. As cows are brought in from summer pastures and we enter the peak of the culling period, there’s still a window of time for southern and more mild regions to extend their grazing season to avoid the sale barn glut. Read more in this article from Hoard's Dairyman.

Tips for Developing a Cover Crop Grazing Lease

August 12, 2020 | Posted in Grazing

Source: The Fence Post

As ranchers continue with the struggle to find more grazing land to expand their livestock operations, more are looking into growing cover crops for grazing or renting cover crop land from neighboring farmers. Greg Rasmussen started planting cover crops on a piece of farm ground north of Boelus, Neb., several years ago, in an effort to stop soil erosion and improve soil health. Read more in this article from The Fence Post.

3 Benefits of Grazing Cover Crops

January 24, 2020 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Soil Health Partnership

Planting annual cover crops in between cash cropping systems can be a great way to produce extra forage and extend the grazing season. Cover crop grazing can provide benefits to your operation including saving time, money and improving soil health. Find out more in this article from the Soil Health Partnership.

Cover Crops Extending the Cattle Grazing Season

December 4, 2019 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Hillsboro (Kan.) Star-Journal

Several farmers in Marion County, Kan. are turning to cover crops to extend the grazing season for their cattle, including cereal rye, annual ryegrass, oilseed radishes, forage turnips, oats, and triticale, reports the Hillsboro (Kan.) Star-Journal.

No-Till Farmer Web Page Offers Tips on Managing Prevented Planting Acres, Disaster Aid

The editors of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies assembled this web page to serve as a source for growers looking for options on prevented-planting acres in the U.S. and potentially find sources of disaster aid.

July 15, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Economics

The editors of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies assembled this web page to serve as a source for growers looking for options on prevented-planting acres in the U.S. and potentially find sources of disaster aid.

Video

Tips for Grazing Cover Crops

July 11, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Leedey, Okla. no-tiller Jimmy Emmons discusses the potential for cover-crop grazing in early spring and in the fall to reduce livestock feed costs and increase profits, and potentially grow two crops in one year on the same piece of land to maximize productivity per acre and build soil health.

Free eGuide

Grazing for Soil Health and Getting Cover Crops Into the Mix

| Posted in Grazing, Soil Health

You can increase the health of your soil and cattle by implementing these practices backed by research and experience. Best of all this wealth of knowledge is yours to download FREE!