University of Maryland Extension Obtains $500K Grant for Cover Crop Research

By Cameron Adams posted on August 23, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

The University of Maryland Extension in Frederick is looking to expand practical research into cover crops and better understand how farmers learn from each other. The National Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $500,000 for the project to the University of Maryland Extension in Frederick.

Survey Shows Cover Crop Usage Doubled Following Incentive Programs

By Krishna Ramanujan posted on September 25, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Economics

Source: Cornell Chronicle

A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as many acres of cover crops as they did prior to receiving funds – a change that can both improve their farms and mitigate climate change.

Cover Crop Cocktail Research

December 2, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: The Stettler Independent

A trend with beef cattle producers in northwestern Alberta is growing annual cocktail blends for forage production, with those blends including cereals, grasses, legumes and brassicas. ‘There’s a lot of interest in the Peace Country about cocktails, and there are a lot of questions,’ explains Buthaina Al-Maqtari, research technician with Peace Country Beef and Forage Association (PCBFA). Read more in this article from The Stettler Independent (Stettler, Alberta).

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