Iowa Will Continue $5 per Acre Cover Crop Insurance Discount

October 12, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Economics

This is the sixth year this program will be offered in the state of Iowa. To date, 1,800 farmers have enrolled nearly one million acres of Iowa farmland in the program.

Tips for Fall Grazing Cover Crops

September 16, 2019 | Posted in Grazing

Source: North Dakota State University Extension press release

Cover crop acreage is expected to increase in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency's revision to the preventive-planting insurance provisions, according to North Dakota State University Extension livestock experts.

Consider Alfalfa as a Cover Crop

July 22, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farm & Dairy

With forage shortages throughout much of the nation, farmers considering crops for prevented plant acres should look to alfalfa, according to this article from Farm & Dairy.

Recommendations for Prevent Planting Corn, Soybeans as Cover Crops

July 5, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Purdue University press release

Keith Johnson, professor of agronomy at Purdue University, said some producers with prevent plant acres are considering using corn or soybeans as a cover crop, a practice recently approved and supported by the Purdue Extension Field Crop and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Specialists.

Planning Before Prevent Planting Cover Crops

June 28, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Hays Post

Dale Younker, Soil Health Specialist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Jetmore, Kansas, shares insights on seedbed preparation and different types of cover crops for prevent planting.

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Last week we had boots on the ground at the Big Soil Health Event in Cedar Falls, Iowa where agronomist David Kleinschmidt emphasized the importance of considering Carbon to Nitrogen ratios of cover crops and residues.

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