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Smart Manure Aeration System ‘Fits Like a Glove,’ for No-Till & Cover Crop Users

Earlier this summer I caught up with Pennsylvania no-tiller Grant Troop and he filled me in on a unique Smart Manure Aeration System that puts dollars and time back in the pockets of no-tillers and he even refers to it as “a soil health dream.”

Cover Crop Insights
Each week our editors will bring you data from our annual No-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Survey. Continue reading and check back weekly for the next set of valuable data.
Top 10 Cover Crop Stories in July 2026
In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month, June 2026.
Using Precision Data to Bridge the Gap Between Soil Health and Crop Economics
How can growers turn verified environmental outcomes into immediate financial assets? This article is brought to you by Arva.

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Seeding Practices

Planting Date and Corn Maturity with Legume Covers
A fair question for row crop operations is what happens to corn yield when planting gets pushed back behind a legume cover.
Study Shows Cover Crops Can Provide Immediate Success
Independent research agronomist Jim Stute recently unveiled the results of a long-term study of the economic and weed suppression effects of cover crop adoption and management in southeast Wisconsin.
Using a Single Cover Crop Species for Weed Control
No-tiller Tony Peirick keeps it simple with one cover crop species: cereal rye.

Grazing

Annual Legumes: More Than Just Free Nitrogen
Annual legumes are back on the table — and not just as a cover crop footnote.
Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Talking About Cover Crops as Forage Feed Sources
A July 22 webinar features Iowa State University’s Shelby Gruss and Matthew Helmers in a Beyond the Basics live dialogue about extending cover crop benefits to include value from forage opportunities.
Cover Crops Used to Suppress Weeds After Wheat Harvest
In dryland (rainfed) production in Kansas, winter wheat serves as the base crop, as wheat stubble provides excellent soil cover that minimizes wind and water erosion and stores water for row crops.

Counting Down the Days Until the 35th Annual National No-Tillage Conference

The National No-Tillage Conference is always full of great presentations about no-till, cover crops and all things conservation ag and the upcoming 2027 National No-Tillage Conference will be the 35th year of the event.

Planting Date and Corn Maturity with Legume Covers
A fair question for row crop operations is what happens to corn yield when planting gets pushed back behind a legume cover.
Using Precision Data to Bridge the Gap Between Soil Health and Crop Economics
How can growers turn verified environmental outcomes into immediate financial assets? This article is brought to you by Arva.
Using a Single Cover Crop Species for Weed Control
No-tiller Tony Peirick keeps it simple with one cover crop species: cereal rye.
Annual Legumes: More Than Just Free Nitrogen
Annual legumes are back on the table — and not just as a cover crop footnote.

Smart Manure Aeration System ‘Fits Like a Glove,’ for No-Till & Cover Crop Users

Cover Crop Insights

Top 10 Cover Crop Stories in July 2026

Using Precision Data to Bridge the Gap Between Soil Health and Crop Economics

This month's digital sponsors:

Seeding Practices

Planting Date and Corn Maturity with Legume Covers

Study Shows Cover Crops Can Provide Immediate Success

Using a Single Cover Crop Species for Weed Control

Grazing

Annual Legumes: More Than Just Free Nitrogen

Iowa Learning Farms Webinar: Talking About Cover Crops as Forage Feed Sources

Cover Crops Used to Suppress Weeds After Wheat Harvest

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Counting Down the Days Until the 35th Annual National No-Tillage Conference

Soil Health

Planting Date and Corn Maturity with Legume Covers

Using Precision Data to Bridge the Gap Between Soil Health and Crop Economics

Using a Single Cover Crop Species for Weed Control

Annual Legumes: More Than Just Free Nitrogen

Podcasts

[Podcast] Clear Water Cover Crops — From Father-Son to Business Partners

[Podcast] On the Road with Cover Crops — Paul McPherson

[Podcast] On the Road with Cover Crops — Bryan Racine Part 2

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