cover crop adoption

Growers Share Advice for Introducing Cover Crops On Your Farm

By John Hart posted on December 12, 2023

Source: Farm Progress

Clay Lowe and Zeb Winslow encourage farmers to use a “take it slow” approach when it comes to adopting a cover crop program on your farm.

[Video] A Deep Dive into APV's Cover Crop Equipment

September 13, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health, Product Innovations & Introductions

Cameron White, APV-America territory manager, explains how the relatively new company is making a name for itself in the cover crop business. He highlights the many offerings available from APV, including APV's Pneumatic Seeders (PS) series.

Cover Crop Use Spreading Across the Globe

June 23, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Cover crops are seeing popularity increase overseas, from Europe to Asia to Australia to New Zealand, as farmers look for many of the same benefits on their own farms.

Top 10 Things to Know About Cover Crops

February 25, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Economics

When used appropriately, cover crops can improve soil health, boost nutrient cycling, manage soil moisture, suppress weeds, feed livestock and more. But it's important to consider cover crops in the context where they will be growing, says Dwayne Beck, recently-retired director of Dakota Lakes Research Farm.

We Don’t Have Decades to Increase Cover Crop Adoption

By Sarah Hill posted on February 23, 2022

Some states are doing better than others when it comes to cover crop adoption. Indiana farmers have set a new record for living cover crops planted, at 1.5 million acres, according to a recent conservation survey by the Indiana Conservation Partnership.

Cover Crops Profitable When Livestock Added

By Sarah Hill posted on November 5, 2021 | Posted in Economics

One of the reasons growers choose not to use cover crops is because they don’t think the practice is profitable. However, like with any crop, it all comes down to each individual choice by a grower as to whether covers will be successful.

Cover Crop Use is a Multi-Faceted Issue

By Sarah Hill posted on October 22, 2021

When it comes to convincing growers to use cover crops in their operations, people make all the difference. That’s what the Nature Conservancy discovered in a study they funded that was done by a Purdue University professor and a researcher who had looked at farms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa counties with relatively high adoption rates of cover crops.

Develop Mutually Agreeable Lease Terms to Reap Soil Health, Yield Rewards

Tenants and landlords should work together to resolve the many logistics around cover crops, including the number of acres planted, expenses, profits and other issues.

By Libby Wawzenek posted on July 22, 2021 | Posted in Grazing

Statistics show that cover crop adoption is on the rise across the U.S. There was a 50% increase in the amount of land on which farmers planted cover crops between 2012 and 2017, according to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture.

Covering Cover Crops

Keys to Making Progress with Cover Crop Adoption

By Sarah Hill posted on July 21, 2021

Conservation agriculture. Regenerative agriculture. Sustainable agriculture. Resilient agriculture. Climate smart farming.
It doesn’t matter what you call it, cover crops are a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to building soil health and environmental stewardship.