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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Missouri Farmer Uses Covers to Cash In on Carbon

Missouri no-tiller and dairy farmer Jon Hemme of Sweet Springs, Mo., implemented cover crops and no-till in 2018 to make his soil more resilient, and 2 years later, he started cashing in on the carbon he sequestered on his crop land. He talks about his experience with a carbon pilot program between Missouri Soybeans and Ecosystem Services Market Consortium in this article from Flatland.

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Study: Fall-Winter Cover Crops Help Soybeans Grow in Clay Soils

Clemson University conducted field studies during the 2019-20 season and found soybean crop performance improved after planting cover crops during the fall-winter season in South Carolina’s clay-based soils. To learn more from one of the researchers on this project, Sruthi Narayanan, register for the 2023 National Cover Crop Summit and watch her presentation.

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Cereal Ryegrass Cover Crops Suppress Weeds in Summer Crops

This video features Wesley Everman, a weed specialist from NC State Extension, explaining the best practices for managing cereal rye for weed suppression. Everman talks about several different approaches to weed management and answers some frequently asked questions surrounding the topic.

Midwest Farmers Tripled Use of Cover Crops, But It's Still a Small Fraction of Acres

A new study shows a threefold increase in Midwest farm acres using cover crops to help protect the soil and reduce runoff, but those acres still make up less than 8% of all farmland in the Midwest. The University of Illinois completed the study late last year using a combination of USDA reports and satellite images to produce the survey of cover crop usage in the Midwest.

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Alabama Cover Cropper Gregory Bridgeforth Highlighted During Black History Month

To close out Black History Month, Indigo Ag highlighted Gregory Bridgeforth, a fourth-generation farmer and member of the National Black Growers Council. Gregory and his sons have been no-tilling and incorporating cover crops into their system with the hopes of improving soil health on their farm for generations to come.

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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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