Understanding Cover Crop Yield Drag & ROI in a Cover Crop System

By Amanda Kautz posted on January 30, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

Many benefits of a cover crop being integrated into a crop rotation are long term and multi-year. The longer the system is in place, the more resilient the soil and the more benefits are realized.

3 Ways to Achieve a 266% ROI with Cover Crops

Rulon Enterprises in Indiana shares how cover crops free up fertility, increase yields and improve soil health, providing a $69.17-per-acre benefit.

February 1, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health, Economics

In a down ag economy, growers may be wondering whether cover crops are worth the expense.

March 2017 Poll: Yield Increase from Cover Crops

February 17, 2017 | Posted in Economics

Do you believe you’ve seen a yield increase from using cover crops on your no-till operation, and if so, how much?

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-Till, Cover Crops and Wheat Pull Farm Out of a Yield Rut

Yields had stalled for Dick and Chris Nissen until no-till, tiling, cover crops and wheat helped them manage water issues and improve their soils.

By Chris Nissen and Martha Mintz posted on November 19, 2016 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Our farm hit a plateau in the 1990s. Yields were flat and we just weren’t making the gains we thought we should be. It’s not that we sought out no-till as the magic solution; we just knew we had to try something different, as conventional tillage wasn’t cutting it.

How Cover Crops Pay Off in a Continuous No-Till System

Cover crops involve some expense, but Rulon Enterprises in Arcadia, Ind., finds they do more than pay their way in their no-till system of 20-plus years.

By Laura Barrera posted on June 11, 2015

There's no cash in cover crops, Ken Rulon says, just tremendous value. And if no-tillers stick to the system, they can see both yield and cost benefits in the long run.

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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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