What's the difference between forage rye and ryegrass? Annual ryegrass and Italian ryegrass? This article from the University of Nebraska Extension explains.

In this video from University of Arkansas Extension, grower Adam Chappell explains how he selects cover crop species, how timing of cover crop seeding affects cover crop species selection, why growers should choose cover crops based on their goals, and more.

In the last decade, cover crops have grown in both interest and acres, yet there is still room for more adoption. It is obvious that cover crops require more management though and with that management there will undoubtedly be challenges. Read more in this story from Iowa State University Extension.

Researchers went out about 2-3 weeks after farmers started grazing a cover crop field to measure standing and post-grazing cover crop biomass, and soil health before, the day after, and 2-3 weeks after grazing. One big factor determining profit was the number of times the cover crop could be grazed, and the quantity of grazed biomass consumed.

In this week's edition of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by La Crosse Seed, We're paying a visit to southwest Kansas no-tiller Nick Vos this week. Vos started using cover crops shortly after moving to the U.S. from South Africa in 2006.

The two-year research project, based at MSU’s Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Coastal Plain Branch in Newton, established row crops and cover crops that encompassed a variety of species suitable for grazing that led to increased livestock weight gain.