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Dry Fall Poses Challenges for Cover Crop Seeding

By Jared White posted on October 29, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing, Soil Health

An agronomist says the dry fall has made seeding cover crops a challenge.

Decomposing Cover Crops Serve as Sidedress Pass

World dryland corn yield record holder times decomposition of species in cover crop mix to provide nutrients to no-till corn crop throughout the season

By Michaela Paukner posted on April 24, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

According to the 2024 Cover Crops Operational Practices Survey, managing carbon to nitrogen (C:N) ratios is the second-most challenging aspect of cover cropping

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Aug. 25, 2023

August 25, 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.

Roller-Crimping Cover Crops in Organic Systems Reduces Tillage, Suppresses Weeds

By delaying roller-crimper termination of hairy vetch and cereal rye cover crops until they reach optimum reproductive stages, organic growers can enjoy weed suppression and avoid volunteer problems in cash crops.

December 27, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Termination

By delaying roller-crimper termination of hairy vetch and cereal rye cover crops until they reach optimum reproductive stages, organic growers can enjoy weed suppression and avoid volunteer problems in cash crops.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Nov. 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

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.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Aug. 19, 2022

August 19, 2022

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.

Managing Variety, Building Resilience Through Soil Health

November 11, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Tri-State Livestock News

South Dakota is known for its variety, and Don Nickelson’s operation in Frederick is no exception. With the help of his wife, Trista, and sons Aiden, Gavin, and Ian, Nickelson raises cattle and also grows corn, soybeans, oats, triticale and alfalfa in addition to some cover crops. Read more in this article from Tri-State Livestock News.

[Podcast] Tips for Planting into Heavy Cover Crops

If wet spring weather has kept you from being able to plant, you may end up planting green into heavy cover crops, according to Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

June 17, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

If wet spring weather has kept you from being able to plant, you may end up planting green into heavy cover crops, according to Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

[Podcast] Growing Your Own Cover Crop Seed

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says that he’s learned to plant hairy vetch with cereal rye and triticale when it will be used for seed. In this podcast, Groff explains why you might want to grow your own seed. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

January 16, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says that he’s learned to plant hairy vetch with cereal rye and triticale when it will be used for seed. In this podcast, Groff explains why you might want to grow your own seed.

[Video] 20 Years of Cover Crop Experience

June 12, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Trey Hill and his father own Harborview Farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where they grow corn, soybeans and wheat. He has been growing cover crops for 20 years, and in the last few years has been planting them on all of his acreage.