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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Planting Cover Crops After Wheat

Michigan State University Extension’s Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series features Brook Wilke, associate director for science and agronomy at MSU, discussing cover crops after wheat as well as how to manage moisture and lack thereof when dealing with cover crops.

Rotational Grazing & Cover Crop Integration

Watch a highlight video from a recent field day on rotational grazing and cover crop integration hosted at Lost Savanna Farm, British Columbia’s oldest and largest food and agriculture charitable nonprofit.

Ideal Planting Dates for Clover Cover Crops

In this video, University of Illinois Extension Educator Nathan Johanning explains the differences between the October and November planting dates of balansa clover and crimson clover.

Improving Soil Health Twitter Thread

Demi Farms, an agriculture group based in Nairobi, Kenya, posted this tweet with some tips for how to improve soil health. Check the thread below for even more tips submitted from other farmers from various places around the world.

Myth-Busting 8 Common Beliefs About Cover Crops

In this article from Go Seed, Rob Myers, director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at University of Missouri, and Jerry Hall, director of research for Go Seed, are myth-busting eight of the most common cover crop misconceptions.

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Corn planted in cover crop residue Photo by: FIXatioN Balansa Clover

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