Dialing Back Cover Crop Seeding Rate for Higher Efficiency

Vincennes, Ind. No-Till Living Legend Ray McCormick has a unique and efficient way of seeding cover crops with his draper and air seeder. Here’s the Conservation Ag Operator Fellow discussing some of the specs that make his setup so effective.

Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Oct. 4, 2024
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.
John Dobberstein Returns to Lessiter Media as Senior Editor
Dobberstein will serve as Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies.
Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Sept. 27, 2024
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.

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Seeding Practices

Cover Crop Tactics on Display at Soul of the Soil Conference
This week we are in beautiful Galena, Ill., and we got a choice to check out the first ever Soul of the Soil Conference. This is put on by the Fields of Sinsinawa and we are actually going to toss it off to one of the presenters to talk a little bit about what’s going on in the world of cover crops at the first annual soul of the Soil Conference.
Dialing Back Cover Crop Seeding Rate for Higher Efficiency
Vincennes, Ind. No-Till Living Legend Ray McCormick has a unique and efficient way of seeding cover crops with his draper and air seeder. Here’s the Conservation Ag Operator Fellow discussing some of the specs that make his setup so effective.
[Video] Black Eagle Ag Launches New Narrow Transport Strip-Till Bar
Check out Black Eagle Ag’s new 40-foot, 16-row narrow transport strip-till bar, which was designed by a strip-tiller in Australia to be resilient in the toughest soil conditions.

Grazing

Cover Crops After Harvest Optimal for Forage
The time following wheat harvest presents a great opportunity to incorporate cover crops.
Grazing Cover Crops Benefits Soil Health in Dryland Systems
Kansas State University researchers have found that grazing cover crops can improve soil health in no-till dryland cropping systems, addressing a key concern for producers in water-limited environments like the central Great Plains.
How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck with Cover Crops
Finding a way to make a solid ROI on cover crops (and no-till) is the key to making these practices more widespread.

Cover Crop Tactics on Display at Soul of the Soil Conference

This week we are in beautiful Galena, Ill., and we got a choice to check out the first ever Soul of the Soil Conference. This is put on by the Fields of Sinsinawa who'll talk a little bit about what’s going on in the world of cover crops at the first annual soul of the Soil Conference.

Cover Crop Innovator Jim Hershey Among Leopold Conservation Award Finalists
Three finalists have been selected for the 2024 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.
Are Cover Crops Worth the Hype?
Cover crops have proven benefits in slowing erosion and improving soil health, making them central to the regenerative ag movement. But a new report questions their efficacy in mitigating climate change.
[Video] RhizoSorb 8-39-0 Generates $20 in ROI Per Acre
Craig Dick, VP of sales and marketing for Phospholutions, showcases the company’s new RhizoSorb 8-39-0, billed as the next generation of phosphate fertilizer. Dick explains why the fertilizer is 50% more efficient than traditional MAP or DAP and how it can deliver $20 per acre in ROI.
Update on Registration of Over-The-Top Dicamba Products
At the time of this article’s publication in the Agronomy eUpdate, the February existing stocks order is the last document related to dicamba registration published on the EPA website.

Dialing Back Cover Crop Seeding Rate for Higher Efficiency

Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Oct. 4, 2024

John Dobberstein Returns to Lessiter Media as Senior Editor

Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Sept. 27, 2024

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Seeding Practices

Cover Crop Tactics on Display at Soul of the Soil Conference

Dialing Back Cover Crop Seeding Rate for Higher Efficiency

[Video] Black Eagle Ag Launches New Narrow Transport Strip-Till Bar

Grazing

Cover Crops After Harvest Optimal for Forage

Grazing Cover Crops Benefits Soil Health in Dryland Systems

How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck with Cover Crops

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Cover Crop Tactics on Display at Soul of the Soil Conference

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Cover Crop Innovator Jim Hershey Among Leopold Conservation Award Finalists

Are Cover Crops Worth the Hype?

[Video] RhizoSorb 8-39-0 Generates $20 in ROI Per Acre

Update on Registration of Over-The-Top Dicamba Products

Podcasts

[Podcast] Are Cover Crop Monocultures Better than Multi-Species Mixtures?

[Podcast] Cover Crop Mixes, Seeding Methods & Farm History with Jay Baxter

[Podcast] Best Practices for Applying Residual Herbicides when Planting Green

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