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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.

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Cover Crops and Weed Pressure

March 2, 2016

At the Southern Soil Health Conference in Ardmore, Okla., Jon Heerman discusses how cover crops have helped decrease weed pressure on his Haxtun, Colo., farm, where he no-tills wheat, rye, field peas, oats, milo and sunflowers.

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Cover Cropping in Integrated Farming Systems

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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