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:
- Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
- An Entirely New Type of Cover Crop Roller…
- Lessons Learned: Maximizing Crop Rotations With Cover Crops
- Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
- Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space
Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
The last two decades have seen a significant increase in farmers using either double cropping or cover cropping on corn, soybean and cotton fields. Take a look at this chart to get a closer insight into the meaning of these recent cover crop trends.
Source: Economic Research Service, USDA
An Entirely New Type of Cover Crop Roller…
Most of us have heard of cover crop rollers, but this video gives it a whole new meaning. Trust us…
I have seen dozens of cover crop rollers over the past 30 years. But this is a first! Kudos to Bill, the flax man, for trying this out in his garden! pic.twitter.com/70NJd6Ri7H
— Steve Groff (@CoverCropCoach) April 19, 2026
Lessons Learned: Maximizing Crop Rotations With Cover Crops
Jamie Scott, a Pierceton, Indiana, farmer has been planting cover crops on his acres for over 20 years. He has done extensive research and trials on his acres to see what works best – and he says cover crops are the one practice he would never give up on his farm. Jamie maintains covers are the way to boost long-term profits while achieving soil health goals. During this webinar, he will discuss key cover cropping strategies that he has identified over the years.
Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
This Farmers for Soil Health video features Michael Thompson, a well-known name in conservation agriculture and No-Till Farmer’s 2025 Conservation ag Operator Fellow, as he discusses his family farm’s journey to implementing conservation practices and the resources he used to make that transition possible, such as building strong peer relationships and finding trusted resources.
Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space
A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research team has developed a dynamic framework that uses satellite imagery and machine learning to detect tillage practices over large areas and long time periods. Learn more here.
Source: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain
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