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Solar Corridors Making a Splash

January 22, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Country Guide

Get used to a new term in corn production — “solar corridor.” The idea is to provide a wide enough row spacing to allow sunlight to reach intercrops such as clover and hairy vetch. Read more in this article from Country Guide.

[Podcast] More on Planting into Heavy Cover Crops

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff talks about what equipment you need to plant into heavy covers, why residue cleaners are important during planting, what problems to expect when planting into heavy residue, and more. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

June 23, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff talks about what equipment you need to plant into heavy covers, why residue cleaners are important during planting, what problems to expect when planting into heavy residue, and more. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

Cover Crops Help with Carbon Sequestration

May 22, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: GreenBiz

Trey Hill led a small group of fellow farmers to a field outside his office in Rock Hall on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It was a cloudy February day, but the ground was alive with color — purple and red turnip tops mixing exuberantly with green rye, vetch and clover, and beneath it all, rich brown soil. Read more in this article from GreenBiz.

[Podcast] Having the Hard Conversations About Cover Crops

Cover crops are particularly impressive at controlling weeds in a vegetable production system, says Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

January 30, 2020 | Posted in Economics

Although cover crops are becoming more mainstream, there are still those growers out there who are resistant to the idea, according to Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

[Podcast] Growing Your Own Cover Crop Seed

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says that he’s learned to plant hairy vetch with cereal rye and triticale when it will be used for seed. In this podcast, Groff explains why you might want to grow your own seed. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

January 16, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Pennsylvania cover crop expert Steve Groff says that he’s learned to plant hairy vetch with cereal rye and triticale when it will be used for seed. In this podcast, Groff explains why you might want to grow your own seed.

[Podcast] The Magical Underground World of Mycorrhiza, and How Cover Crops Help with Root Colonization

In this podcast Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff will lead a discussion that defines what arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is, what it does for plant growth, and the factors that discourage or encourage AMF — including what cover crop species are hosts and those that are not.

April 11, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

In this podcast Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff will lead a discussion that defines what arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is, what it does for plant growth, and the factors that discourage or encourage AMF — including what cover crop species are hosts and those that are not. (Courtesy of Cover Crop Innovators)

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Roller Crimping Before No-Till Corn: Results (Part 2)

February 7, 2018 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Tim Reinbott, a plant scientist with the University of Missouri, discusses the different crimping dates prior to no-till planting corn into rye and hairy vetch.

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Cover Crop Termination Ahead of Planting Corn

December 18, 2017 | Posted in Termination

Garrett Montgomery from the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture discusses residue management and the timing of terminating various cover crops ahead of planting corn in this video from June 2016.

Toxicity Considerations for Grazing Cover Crops

December 22, 2016 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Kansas State University Extension

Annual cover crops grown in place of fallow can provide high-quality forage during key production periods and may help reduce soil erosion, suppress weeds, and increase soil nutrient profiles, but some may not be suitable for forage or grazing, says Kansas State University Extension.

Adding Cover Crops Before Soybeans

May 23, 2016

Peter Rost Jr., who no-tills 3,500 acres of corn, soybeans and rice near New Madrid, Mo., discusses the cover crops he's seeding behind corn and what his ultimate goals are for covers on his farm.