Regulating Soil Moisture and Trafficability with Cover Crops

By Joey Sabljic posted on November 2, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

The biggest challenge for many growers is that it can take weeks before soils are dry enough to be able to walk fields, let alone drive in with equipment. That means the already short growing season gets shorter, and precious time that could be spent growing a profitable crop is lost.

Next Year's Cover Crop Success Starts in Spring

Adjust spring plans now to make next fall’s cover crops work better.

By Don Donovan posted on November 6, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

Start treating your cover crops and cash crops as a system that must work together to change your soil and start a soil health journey to success.

Cover Crop Decisions Heavily Dependent on Moisture Levels

By Stan Wise posted on July 24, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Cover crops offer a wide range of potential benefits for producers – better nutrient cycling, more weed suppression, more livestock forage, better soil structure, increased soil organic matter and healthier soil microbial communities. To reap those benefits, producers need to make some careful decisions.

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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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