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:

Easily Grow Better Cover Crops in Drought with This Cover Crop Plan

Looking for a better plan to growing successful cover crops in a drought or especially dry regions? Check out this video from Dowdle Family Farms where former National Cover Crop Summit speaker Rob Dowdle explains his new strategy and why it’s working for him.

Cover Crops Build Healthy Soil and Help Keep Nitrogen in Ground

Soil health principles are good for both farmers and the environment. At the Rohl Farm in Illinois, the use of cover crops builds healthy soil by increasing water holding capacity, reducing erosion and trapping nitrogen where it belongs — in the ground. Keeping nitrogen in the soil feeds growing crops and keeps it out of our streams and rivers.

Answering Cover Crop Questions with Case Studies and Field Experiments

Check out this video from the Northeast Cover Crops Council (NECCC) and University of Vermont for a fall webinar to address cover crop questions and hear results from case studies and field experiments.

Examining the Social Aspect of Sustainable Agriculture

Jennifer Jo Thompson, a senior research scientist in the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is one of a number of UGA researchers bringing into focus the impacts of social factors on sustainability.

Farmers Protecting Water with No-Till, Cover Crops & Manure Management

Farmers across the Fox-Wolf Watershed in Wisconsin are rediscovering practices that keep soil in the field and protect water. In this video, hear directly from local farmers about three approaches they’re using today: no-till, cover crops and low-disturbance manure application (LDMA).

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