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Doing Cover Crop Research Right: What I’ve Learned After 22 Years
It’s often been said “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” But developing a reliable process to research the benefits and effects of cover crops on the farm, and produce information that is usef…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Tips for Fighting Back Against Slugs in Your Cover Cropped Fields
Slugs can be the worst enemy for growers utilizing no-till practices and cover crops in certain regions of the U.S. as the creatures thrive in potentially cool, wet conditions as cash crops emerge. (…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Opportunities for Cover Crops in Prevent Planting Situations
Unfortunately there are some years when fields just don't get planted to a cash crop. But this can open up an opportunity to plant a wide range of species of cover crops to make soils more productive…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Using Short-Season Cash Crops to Plant Cover Crops Earlier
One of the easiest strategies to getting cover crops seeded earlier in fields — and getting more growth, better erosion control, more nitrogen scavenging and the like — is utilizing shorter-season co…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 003 Interseeding Covers Into Knee High Corn
Every grower wants to know how to make cover crops pay off on their farm but there can be myriad challenges, including climate. One approach is interseeding covers into standing corn to increase the …
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 002 Nutrient Management With Cover Crops- How Much Fertilizer Can I Reduce
The temptation with some growers starting out with cover crops might be to start reducing nutrient application rates right away in anticipation of a bump in nitrogen fixation and improved nutrient av…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Tips for Succeeding While Planting Green
Planting cash crops “green” into living cover crops is a concept gaining a lot of momentum among growers. But is your planter and cover crop management up for the task? Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff s…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago