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:
- Summer Cover Cropping Guide
- Cover Cropping 101
- Cover Cropping with Clarke Farms
- Jim Hoorman’s Top 10 Soil Health Tricks
- Strip-Till Innovator of the Year
Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Salford Group.
Salford Group knows cover crops. Salford’s Valmar 56 series seeders set the bar for versatility and accuracy in cover crop seeding. These machines accurately handle a wide variety of seed and blends, while pairing with virtually any implement to seed cover crops while performing other field operations. Salford has a variety of tillage implements that are suitable for seeding with the 56 series applicators. Some Salford tillage machines can be used for hay and pasture renovation, and others can be used to work in standing cover crops as green manure. Check out Salford’s cover crops solutions at salfordgroup.com
Summer Cover Cropping Guide
Summer is flying by, but there’s still plenty of time to get “pumped” about summer cover cropping. This video from No-Till Growers covers all the options to consider planting before fall, from buckwheat to sweet potatoes.
Cover Cropping 101
Before heading to the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Jodi DeJong-Hughes took time to record this segment about incorporating cover crops into any system. The Minnesota Extension educator also shares how you can take advantage of a new cover crop decision tool.
Cover Cropping with Clarke Farms
Nathan Clarke shows how cover crops are paying off on his farm in Coleman, Michigan. Clarke shares his cover crop playbook, from seeding methods to equipment choices, and shares a valuable lesson for first time cover croppers.
Jim Hoorman’s Top 10 Soil Health Tricks
It’s always a must-read when Jim Hoorman writes about soil health. The soil health legend reveals his top 10 soil health tricks from his fact sheet, “25 tips to Growing and Managing Cover Crops." Here’s a taste: “At least 50 percent of cover crop species should be low growing, another 30 percent intermediate and another 20 percent tall growing.”
Photo from Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice
Strip-Till Innovator of the Year
On the week of the 9th annual National Strip-Tillage Conference, we honor Innovator Award winner, Bryan Ryberg. Minnesota’s first sugar beet strip-tiller explains how he saved his soils thanks in large part to cover crops.
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Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Salford Group.
Salford Group knows cover crops. Salford’s Valmar 56 series seeders set the bar for versatility and accuracy in cover crop seeding. These machines accurately handle a wide variety of seed and blends, while pairing with virtually any implement to seed cover crops while performing other field operations. Salford has a variety of tillage implements that are suitable for seeding with the 56 series applicators. Some Salford tillage machines can be used for hay and pasture renovation, and others can be used to work in standing cover crops as green manure. Check out Salford’s cover crops solutions at salfordgroup.com
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