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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Organic No-Till Soybean & Cover Crop Production Guide

This guide aims to help farmers who are interested in using the rolled cover crop organic no-till soybean system and features information on soil health and organic management, and the process of growing a cereal rye cover crop, terminating it with a roller-crimper, and no-till planting soybean into the residue.

Using Triticale Cover Crop for Livestock Feed & Soil Health Benefits

In this video, from Land Stewardship Project, southeastern Minnesota dairy farmer Robb Miller describes how he uses triticale to build soil health and as a source of cattle feed.

Preventing Erosion with Cover Crops

In this video from Practical Farmers of Iowa, Will Cannon of Prairie City, Iowa; Nathan Anderson of Aurelia, Iowa; Jon Bakehouse of Hastings, Iowa; and Martin Larsen of Byron, Minn., share how cover crops keep valuable topsoil in their fields and prevent erosion.

Buckwheat Cover Crop Attracts Many Pollinators

As you may have learned from watching the latest Conservation Ag Update, planting buckwheat as a cover crop not only improves soil health and helps combat weeds — but it also attracts many different species of pollinators such as bees, wasps and dragonflies to keep biological activity flowing on your farm. Check out this YouTube Short to see for yourself.

Cover Crop Termination Challenges & No-Till Soybean Observations from Summer ‘23

John Pike of Pike Farm in Marion, Ill., shares his 2023 cover crop observations from the strip-trials on his farm. Pike examines various scenarios, including drilled no-till soybeans both with and without cover crops, along with different cover crop termination timings.

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