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Termination Options for Cover Crops & Winter Cereal Forages

Best management practices for terminating winter cereal forages and cover crops with pre-plant burndown programs.

By Dwight Lingenfelter and John Wallace posted on April 12, 2024 | Posted in Termination

As planting season approaches, here are a few best management practices for starting clean in fields with winter cereals that will be harvested for forage or cover crops that will be terminated ahead of planting.

Fall Planted Cover Crops Can Break a Corn Soybean Rotation & Improve Soil Health

By Michelle Rook posted on October 9, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: AgWeb

As the combines start rolling across the country farmers are focused on taking the crops off the land. However, it's a great time for farmers to also be thinking about planting cover crops to help them improve soil health.

This Week

Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Sept. 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

Cover Crop Strategies editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Saddle Butte Ag.

[Podcast] John Wallace: Interseed Cover Crops Early Into Corn for Maximum Growth

On this week’s edition of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by SOURCE®? by Sound Agriculture., Penn State's John Wallace discusses why the V4-V5 growth stage is the best time to put cover crops into standing corn.

November 1, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

On this week’s edition of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by SOURCE®? by Sound Agriculture., Penn State's John Wallace discusses why the V4-V5 growth stage is the best time to put cover crops into standing corn.

[Video] Brassicas as a Cover Crop

May 26, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Michigan State University Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator Dean Baas discusses why brassicas are an excellent cover crop species, including radish, turnip, rapeseed and mustard; what is unique about the root system of brassicas; why turnips are helpful for reducing soil compaction; and more.

[Video] Selecting Cover Crop Species for a Mixture

February 19, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Monica Jean, Field Crops Educator with Michigan State University Extension, discusses how to choose cover crop species for an effective cover crop mixture. She will explain the best cover crops for growers who are just beginning to use cover crops, how to combine functional groups when choosing cover crop species, and more.

Free eGuide

The Pluses and Minuses of Today's Most Popular Cover Crops

Now is the time to choose the right cover crop species to improve YOUR no-till operation. “The Pluses and Minuses of Today’s Most Popular Cover Crops” report reveals how you can pick and utilize the cover crop species that are perfect for your farm, and it’s FREE!

| Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

“The Pluses and Minuses of Today’s Most Popular Cover Crops” eGuide reveals how you can pick and utilize the cover crop species that are perfect for your farm, and it’s FREE!