Posted August 7, 2025:
- Annual Acreage Seeded to Cover Crops
- 299 or less - 73% of no-tillers
- 300-499 - 11% of no-tillers
- 500-699 - 3% of no-tillers
- 700-999 - 6% of no-tillers
- Over 1,000 - 8% of no-tillers
- 19% of No-Tillers Interseeded Cover Crops in 2024
Posted July 31, 2025:
- Terminating Cover Crops Ahead of No-Tilling Soybeans
- Before planting - 36% of no-tillers
- At planting - 16% of no-tillers
- After planting - 60% of no-tillers
- Didn't terminate - 6% of no-tillers
- Interseeding Methods Used by No-Tillers
- Drones - 36% of no-tillers
- Airplane, helicopter - 23% of no-tillers
- Drill - 21% of no-tillers
- Broadcast spreader - 17% of no-tillers
- Interseeding toolbar - 17% of no-tillers
Posted July 24, 2025:
- Cover Crop Incentives Earned by No-Tillers
- Federal programs - 37% of no-tillers
- State programs - 19% of no-tillers
- Local government programs - 19% of no-tillers
- Foundations, companies - 16% of no-tillers
- Other sources - 9% of no-tillers
- Most Important Cover Crop Challenges with No-Till
- Timely planting
- Getting cover crop growth in the fall
- Establishing cover crops ahead of frost
Posted July 17, 2025:
- How Cover Crops Are Terminated
- Herbicides - 90% of no-tillers
- Winter kill - 20% of no-tillers
- Roller/crimper - 13% of no-tillers
- Grazing - 7% of no-tillers
- Tillage - 6% of no-tillers
- Didn't terminate - 5% of no-tillers
- Major Cover Crop Benefits Seen by No-Tillers
- Erosion prevention
- Improved rainfall infiltration
- Better soil biological activity
Posted July 10, 2025:
- 21% of No-Tillers Expect to Earn Carbon Incentives in 2025
- Terminating Cover Crops Ahead of No-Tilling Corn
- Before planting — 51% of no-tillers
- At planting — 16% of no-tillers
- After planting — 38% of no-tillers
- Don't terminate — 1% of no-tillers
Posted July 3, 2025:
- Most Important Reasons for No-Tillers to Seed Cover Crops
- Erosion prevention
- Better soil biological activity
- Higher soil organic matter
- Only 1% of No-Tillers Have Never Seeded Cover Crops
Posted June 26, 2025:
- Post-Harvest Cover Crop Seeding
- Drill - 57% of no-tillers
- Broadcast spreader - 26% of no-tillers
- Air seeder - 16% of no-tillers
- Airplane, helicopter - 12% of no-tillers
- Drone - 12% of no-tillers
- Vertical tillage - 12% of no-tillers
- Species Used in Cover Crop Mixes
- 15 or more - 4% of no-tillers
- 10-14 - 12% of no-tillers
- 4-9 - 42% of no-tillers
- 2-3 - 42% of no-tillers
Posted June 19, 2025:
- How Long Have No-Tillers Been Using Cover Crops?
- 1-5 years - 25% of no-tillers
- 6-10 years - 27% of no-tillers
- 11-15 years - 21% of no-tillers
- 16-20 years - 11% of no-tillers
- 21-30 years - 9% of no-tillers
- 31-40 years - 3% of no-tillers
- 41-50 years - 1% of no-tillers
- 50+ years - 3% of no-tillers
- Time of Year When No-Tillers Seed Cover Crops
- After harvest - 84% of no-tillers
- Within 24 hours of harvest - 19% of no-tillers
- Pre-harvest - 26% of no-tillers
- Frost seeding - 6% of no-tillers
- Interseeding into early emerging crop - 5% of no-tillers
Posted June 12, 2025:
- No-Tillers Seeded Average of 644 Acres of Cover Crops in 2024
- How Cover Crops Are Seeded
- Drill - 57% of no-tillers
- Broadcast spreader - 26% of no-tillers
- Air seeder - 16% of no-tillers
- Vertical tillage - 12% of no-tillers
- Drone - 12% of no-tillers
- Airplane, helicopter - 12% of no-tillers
- Planter - 10% of no-tillers
- Interseeding device - 4% of no-tillers
- Self-propelled sprayer - 3% of no-tillers
- Seeder on combine - 1% of no-tillers
Posted June 5, 2025:
- 81% of No-Tillers Seeded Cover Crops in 2024
- Cover Crop Species Seeded Alone & in Mixtures by No-Tillers
- Cereal rye - 71% of no-tillers
- Radish, oilseed radish - 20% of no-tillers
- Oats - 35% of no-tillers
- Crimson clover - 30% of no-tillers
- Wheat - 25% of no-tillers
- Rapeseed - 23% of no-tillers
- Turnips - 22% of no-tillers
- Vetch - 20% of no-tillers
- Annual Ryegrass - 19% of no-tillers
- Buckwheat - 19% of no-tillers
