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:
- Soil Health, Microorganisms, & Good Cover Crop Management Decisions for Your Operation
- New Findings on the Effects of Cover Crops in Citrus
- Cotton & Cover Crops — The Chris Braddy Way
- A Broken Planter Just Cost This Farmer Precious Hours Off the Clock
- This Farmer Just Planted the First Ever Crop on his New Field
Soil Health, Microorganisms, & Good Cover Crop Management Decisions for Your Operation
This episode of the Farmers for Soil Health Podcast features Wayne Honeycutt, as he breaks down the importance of soil health but also how nonprofits like the Soil Health Institute work to help farmers overcome the knowledge barrier that can prevent them from making the best management decisions.
New Findings on the Effects of Cover Crops in Citrus
A recent study in China investigated the effects of cover crops on soil properties, soil carbon dioxide flux, leaf physiological traits, fruit quality and yield in a citrus orchard, using clean tillage as a control. The cover crops investigated included perennial ryegrass, white clover, hairy vetch and mixed cover crops. Read more about the study results here.
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Cotton & Cover Crops — The Chris Braddy Way
Chris Braddy, a cotton farmer in Scotland Neck, North Carolina, has been incorporating cover crops onto his 1,350-acre farm for the last 15 years. From his on-farm experiments to working closely with his State Technical Advisor, Braddy not only shares why he sees cover crops as a good investment for his land and his bottom line but also how you can implement them on your land.
A Broken Planter Just Cost This Farmer Precious Hours Off the Clock
In this video, watch as a southeast Iowa no-tiller learns the hard way that he is going to have to deal with planter repair, and lose precious time off the clock during crunchtime.
This Farmer Just Planted the First Ever Crop on his New Field
This farmer just planted the first crop ever on his newly purchased 38-acre field, and it wasn't without its challenges. In this video, he digs behind the planter to check soil moisture, talks through his starter fertilizer program, and discovers his ground has some heavier soil than expected, including high magnesium levels and some mucky conditions down deep.
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