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Research Examines Cover Crop Use With Corn

January 4, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Mississippi State University Extension

Researchers are looking at how to successfully use cover crops in corn production systems must develop strategies to overcome challenges unique to this row crop. Cover crops are plants grown outside of the normal cropping season mainly for conservation purposes.

U.S. Missing 1/3 of Topsoil

May 19, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Centuries of farming has taken its toll on the soil. Now, farmers are facing widespread soil degradation that can lower their crop yields and incomes. Read more in this article from Smithsonian Magazine.

[Podcast] Roller Crimping Learning Curves

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features John Macauley, a grower from Groveland, N.Y. Macauley will be a speaker at the upcoming Spring 2021 National Cover Crop Summit. Macauley shares a sneak peek of his presentation, discussing roller crimping on his 100% no-till operation, using multi-species cover crops to increase biomass, and why each cover crop species is part of their 11-way cover crop mix.

March 9, 2021 | Posted in Termination

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features John Macauley, a grower from Groveland, N.Y. Macauley will be a speaker at the upcoming Spring 2021 National Cover Crop Summit. Macauley shares a sneak peek of his presentation, discussing roller crimping on his 100% no-till operation, using multi-species cover crops to increase biomass, and why each cover crop species is part of their 11-way cover crop mix.