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[Podcast] Cover Crop Options For Planting After Wheat Harvest

The period after wheat harvest in many states provides a golden opportunity for growers to add some diverse cover crop mixes in their fields that provide numerous benefits. But which species are best suited for this planting window and what’s the best way to establish them? (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

May 29, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Considerations for Forage Cover Crops After Hail

July 24, 2018 | Posted in Grazing, Soil Health

Source: Daren Redfearn, Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, University of Nebraska Extension

With significant weather-related damage to corn and soybean fields in Nebraska recently, there could be an opportunity for growers to try seeding cover crops in those fields to raise a high-quality forage and offset at least some of the lost fall and winter grazing potential, says University of Nebraska Extension.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

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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