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:

Boosting Your Bottom Line With Cover Crops

Over time, healthy soil benefits your bottom line. Explore this Alabama profitability study, where cotton net income rose an average of $108/acre for farmers using soil health practices for at least five years. In this webinar, SHI Educator Jessica Kelton walks through findings from the farmers, and Marjory Walker of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol moderates a Q&A with Jessica, Wendiam Sawadgo (Auburn University), and Dr. Archie Flanders (SHI Agricultural Economist).

Converting A Weed Into a Cover Crop

Researchers at Illinois State University are transforming pennycress from a common weed into a profitable cover crop that improves soil health, reduces nutrient runoff, and creates new opportunities for biofuel production and farmer revenue. Discover how this innovative research could help shape the future of agriculture.

Interseeding Cover Crops With a Drone

The RC&D, UConn College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, and Uconn Extension co-hosted a Cover Crop Drone Seeding Workshop on Tuesday, June 16th at Valleyside Farms in Woodstock, Conn. This workshop brought together farmers and agricultural service providers to learn more about interseeding cover crop by drone into silage corn systems as an alternative to conventional post-harvest drill seeding.

Cover Crop Economics

Many producers think of cover crops as an added expense, but what if they could become a profitable enterprise? In part one of a two-part conversation, John Haskell sits down with Amos Troester to explore how integrating livestock with cover crops and annual forages can unlock new revenue streams while improving soil health and reducing input costs. Amos shares how his first-generation farming operation has evolved from a conventional row-crop system into a diversified business centered on cattle, cover crops, seed production, and custom planting services.

Winter Pea Cover Crop Development

Winter pea is a promising choice for overwinter cover cropping, but its winter survival needs to be improved for reliable use in the North Country and other cold-winter regions. In the fall of 2025, with the support of the Northern NY Agricultural Development Program, a winter pea breeding nursery was planted at the Willsboro Research Farm. In this video, Solveig Hanson (Coordinator, Cornell-based Cover Crop Breeding Network) describes the nursery’s goals and design, its planting on two dates in Fall 2025, how it fared during the winter, and what will happen next with the few hardy plants that survived.

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