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:

Busch Light Farmer Cans Are Back!

For each case of Farming Cans sold from July 1 - 31, 2025, Busch Light will donate $0.10 - up to $200,000 - to its longtime partner Farm Rescue, a nonprofit dedicated to providing critical material aid to family farms and ranches throughout the Midwest.

Planting Green and No-Tilling Corn with Compost Extract

Join the farmers at Ravenview Farm in southern Minnesota as they hammer out a quick 21 acres of non-GMO corn for the 2025 growing season. This is their 7th year using no-till practices and planting green into a standing cover crop, and their 4th year using compost extract in-furrow.

Cover Crops Help Increase Yields, Bolster Soil Health

In this video, visit with Lester Family Farms in Trigg County, Ky., to learn about their use of cover crops on the farm. They share the positive experiences and benefits they have observed since implementing this change. They emphasize the importance of sustainable practices in agriculture, highlighting how these methods not only increase crop yields but also improve soil health.

Using Cover Crops to Reduce Pesticide Use & Increase Soil Activity

Mitchell Hora, a seventh generation Iowa farmer, has been seeing incredible things in his soybean fields. Mitchell plants cereal rye as a cover crop and plants soybeans into it. He's getting two harvests on the same acre – the rye (over the tops of the soybeans) and the soybeans themselves – and the soil is thriving. The cereal rye helps Mitchell decrease his use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizer and herbicides. From improving water quality to reducing his carbon footprint, Mitchell Hora sees many benefits to planting cereal rye as a cover crop.

No-Till Legend Marion Calmer Celebrates Wedding

“Hearts were a-breaking” across the no-till world last weekend, as Marion and Charla Calmer officially tied the knot at Calmer’s homestead on Alpha, Ill. True to form, the No-Till Farmer Innovator alum and No-Till Legend had a few surprises for his guests (and his new bride), including a staged “fall into the drink” on his way to exchanging nuptials on their “Calmer Waters” boat. Cheers to the Calmers on their pre-harvest honeymoon!

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