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:

Farmer Says Cover Crops Prevented Soil Loss During a Tornado

Graham Christensen of Oakland, Neb., shares his experience with cover crops and how they prevented soil loss during a tornado.

Integrating Cover Crops for Improved Weed Control

Check out this video where Dr. Ramawatar Yadav of The Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences discusses the integration of cover crops to improve weed control.

Flowering Cover Crops to Reduce Pests

In this video, watch as Mimi Rooney and Ben Swimm of Brown Dog Flower Farm in Palmer, Alaska describe planting flowering cover crops to bring in more beneficial insects. These insects provide a natural biological control of harmful pests. They have planted four different cover crops and are monitoring their effectiveness. 

Proven Nutrient Strategies from PTI Farm Research — PTx Winter Conference 2026

Listen as lead research agronomist Jason Webster shares years of agronomic data from the PTI farm in Pontiac, IL that challenge long-standing nutrient management assumptions and highlight new opportunities for farmers to increase profit and efficiency. Learn how banded fertilizer placement, reduced application rates, and fertilizer reallocation strategies consistently improved economic returns even when yields remained similar to full-rate broadcast applications. Webster explains how rising input costs and tighter margins require growers to farm smarter by adopting practices that provide higher return on investment.

No-Till & Regenerative Ag Practices Alive & Well in Montana

In this video from Montana Family Farmers Union, learn about the history of no-till, cover crops and regenerative agriculture across the state of Montana and how far along they are now in terms of acreage planted with no-till and cover crops.

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