Associate Editor Mackane Vogel chats with
2024 National Cover Crop Summit presenter
Matt Burkholder, a grower from Lima, Ohio. They’ll discuss Burkholder’s presentation, “My Soil Health Journey: Learning from Past Mistakes, Turning Dirt Into Healthy Soil.”
Associate Editor Mackane Vogel chats with
2024 National Cover Crop Summit presenter
Jim Hoorman, a soil health specialist with Hoorman Soil Health Services. They’ll discuss Hoorman’s presentation, “Nutrient and Fertilizer Content of Cover Crops.”
Get 10, 100 or 1,000 farmers together who believe no-till and cover crops are the right way to farm. This question will come up: How can we get more people to change their attitudes about no-till and cover crops?
In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, listen to a conversation with cover crop expert Steve Groff, who farms in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by
Montag Manufacturing, listen to a conversation with cover crop expert Steve Groff, who farms in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
With Tim Kruithoff's wife Christine, sons Justin and Colin and daughter Madelyn, Kruithoff has grown his operation to 2,800 acres, concentrating on no-till corn, soybeans and wheat with the goal of increasing conservation tillage.
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. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Saddle Butte Ag.
Each year in early December, World Soil Day is celebrated around the world. To celebrate this annual event, the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation has pulled together a list of 17 soil moisture management concepts that can help you make soil and water a much better source of life.
The positives of planting cover crops include supporting the local environment and making crops more productive and climate-resilient. Thanks to cover crops, no-till and crop rotation, Willott says his farm still had a fairly good harvest despite this year’s drought, extreme heat and flooding.
The National No-Tillage Conference returns January 9-12, 2024!Build and refine your no-till system with dozens of new ideas and connections at the 32nd Annual National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 9-12, 2024. Experience an energizing 4-day agenda featuring inspiring general session speakers, expert-led No-Till Classrooms and collaborative No-Till Roundtables. Plus, Certified Crop Adviser credits will be offered.
This week I traveled to Weninger Farms for a Pre-Planting Clinic hosted by the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil & Healthy Water. The event was filled with lots of great discussions and presentations. Here’s Cover Crop Specialist Brendon Blank answering the age old question of which one is better: winter wheat or cereal rye?