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:

Drone Seeding Cover Crops

The Feldhaus family in South Dakota hires a neighbor to seed their cover crop with a drone. With rain in the forecast and the corn about waist high, conditions are nearly perfect. In this video, the family takes viewers along on a busy day on the farm, including haying and an unfortunate cattle situation.

Cover Crop Seed Prices

In this video, Keith Berns and Zach Louk sit down to share important updates on the current available supply and pricing of cover crop seed for Fall 2026. They discuss how growing conditions influence supply on a year-to-year basis and explain why some cereal prices will be higher this year and some lower on supply.

Regenerative Farming's Third Iteration

What's the next step in regenerative agriculture beyond no-till and cover crops? Iowa's Lobe Rangers believe it is reducing synthetic nitrogen and phosphorus while maintaining yield and improving profitability. The conversation explores on-farm nitrogen trials, nutrient management strategies, Iowa State research on reducing nitrate loss and the emerging opportunities surrounding the 45Z tax credit. The group emphasizes that reducing fertilizer inputs is first and foremost a business decision that can improve return on investment while delivering environmental benefits as a byproduct.

Cover Crops After Wheat

In this video, eastern Wisconsin farmers Ross Bishop and Brian Peters harvest their wheat and compare and contrast their red versus green combines. Ross also shares the cover crops he plants after wheat ahead of corn, and how the cover crops have benefitted his farm.

Cover Cropping The Future

David Smith, a fifth-generation farmer based in Oak City, North Carolina, farms cotton, soybeans, peanuts and sweet potatoes on his now 900-acre operation. He’d seen the benefits of cover crops and other sustainable farming practices during his time scouting as a crop consultant, which led him to want to try them on his own land one day. He started testing different species before landing on triticale on the bulk of his acres. Hear Smith detail the new learning opportunities that each season and crop year brings, from timing to termination and why he keeps at it.

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