Results from Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crop Initiative 2023 Announced

April 13, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crop Initiative is a project developed by the Iowa Seed Association with the Agribusiness Association of Iowa, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and Iowa Corn.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: March 24, 2023

March 24, 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 Salford Group.

Increase Profits by Grazing Covers

March 8, 2021 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Waukon Standard

Farmers are good at producing a variety of crops, but one thing many farmers have been struggling to produce the last several years is a profit. A recent climb in corn and bean prices should provide some relief for farmers, but even so farmers should be looking for alternatives to increase the profitability of their cropland acres and cover crops and cattle may be the answer. Read more in this article from the Waukon Standard (Waukon, Iowa).

Iowa Farmers Need to "Urgently" Adopt Cover Crops

December 11, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Des Moines Register

Al Schafbuch said Iowa farmers are moving too slowly in adopting conservation practices that would help improve the quality of the state's rivers, streams and lakes. With only about 7% of Iowa farmland planted in cover crops, "it will take 100 years to get this done," Schafbuch said. "We can't wait 100 years."

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Aigen Shows Off New Weeding Technology at FIRA USA

I’m in Sacramento, Calif., this week at FIRA USA and we’re just going to get right into it. Why don’t you take a look at some of the newest and most exciting Ag technology on display at this year’s conference.

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