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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Indiana Farmer Hates Losing Topsoil, Adopts Cover Crops

Brad Hunter, an Indiana no-tiller in Porter County decided to implement cover crops and no-till into his farm operation after attending his first National No-Tillage Conference and finally getting sick of watching soil blow off his farm every year. Despite not having a ton of knowledge or experience with no-till or cover crops, he dove in head first and hasn’t looked back.

Brad Hunter, Porter County, Ind.

SAVING SOIL: Brad Hunter, Porter County, Ind., maintains native grasses at the edge of his yard to conserve soil. He is also serious about supporting pollinators and preserving habitat for endangered bats. Photo: Darrell Boone

How to Sample Your Cover Crop Biomass

In this step-by-step video, University of Delaware Extension Weed Specialist Mark VanGessel explains how to collect, dry and measure a sample of cover crop biomass from a field. These measurements can help growers estimate how much weed suppression and nutrients they can expect from a cover crop.

Rain Shortages Make Cover Crop Termination an Attractive Option

In this article, read about the potential benefits of burning down cover crops early to avoid robbing your corn and soybeans of moisture. Planting green can also be an option for trying to get the most moisture out of your cover crops.

Planting green into annual ryegrass

Planting green into annual ryegrass and crimson clover. Photo: Heidi Reed

Just Grow It Podcast Episode Features Cover Crops 101 and Overview of Benefits

Big City Gardener hosts what he calls “Just Grow It: the Podcast,” and in this week’s episode, he covers all the important cover crop 101 topics. While he’s speaking to home gardeners, the info about the benefits of covers, how to get started, what cover crops are right for you, the benefits of mulch and more is applicable to farmers, too.

23 Cover Crop Cheat Sheets

The Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture & Environmental Sciences compiled 23 fact sheets about different species of cover crops. Each provides information on how to identify, plant, and terminate specific cover crops, as well as rating their traits, attributes, advantages and disadvantages.

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