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