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:

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Cover Crops Thriving in Empire State

Cornell University professor Thomas Björkman shows off a cover crop mix of radishes, sunflowers, oats, buckwheat, volunteer soybeans and corn on a New York Field. Despite a little bit of pigweed, the field looks great.

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UNL Interseeds Cover Crops Using a Highboy

In this video by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the looks at interseeding cover crops using a highboy. The university is working with Natural Resource Districts — including the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District — to interseed covers at the R5 stage in order to establish covers before the winter.

Cover Crops in the UK

Twitter User and English farmer and golf course owner Phil Rowbottom tweeted out this image of cover crops flourishing after drilled oilseed rape, including radishes and what looks like some clover.

NRCS Photo Gets to the Roots of Cover Crops

The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service tweeted this awesome photo of cover crop fibrous roots working through the soil to break up aggregate and improve water infiltration.

Gehrke Outlines Cover Crops After Wheat

Omro, Wis.-based no-tiller Rick Gehrke talks about briefly about how he uses cover crops for weed control and erosion control following wheat, interseeding with cereal rye (and possibly clover and radish). Gehrke says after a basic start, he's grown into diverse mixes.

 

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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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