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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: October 9, 2026

By Kendra Downing posted on October 9, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Can We Drill the Rye Before the Rain?
Learning From Local Farmers — Sharing Advice and Experiences
Making the Most of Every Acre — Cover Crops, Cattle and Goats
What Does Cover Crop Carbon Actually Cost and Pay?
Seeding Cover Crops on a Vegetable Farm

SARE Grants Now Available in the North Central Region

Four competitive grant programs open for farmers, researchers, and educators pursuing sustainable agricultural innovations.

October 6, 2026

The North Central Region-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) program currently has four open grant programs to fund research and education projects that advance sustainable agricultural practices in the region.

Tips for Seeding Cereal Rye After Corn Harvest

October 1, 2026

Incorporating cereal rye after corn in a corn-soybean rotation can be a valuable management tool to scavenge residual nitrogen (N), reduce soil erosion and evaporation, and suppress weeds.

How Cover Crops Respond to Various Herbicides

September 26, 2026 | Posted in Nutrient Management

A number of factors, including biological and biochemical characteristics of the plant, chemical characteristics of the herbicide, and weather conditions will influence cover crop response to herbicides.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: September 25, 2026

By Kendra Downing posted on September 25, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Feeding the Soil
Seeding a Cover Crop Following Barley
Cover Crop Economics
Interseeding Cover Crops
Making Conservation Farming Practices Affordable

Press Release

Chipotle's Cultivate Next Fund Invests in Six Emerging Companies Building a More Resilient Food System

July 20, 2026 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

New investments support entrepreneurs working to advance food systems, climate resilience, regenerative agriculture, supply chain transparency, sustainability measurement and guest experience innovation.

General Mills, ADM, Walmart Partnering to Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture

July 15, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs

Source: ADM

Initial projects, with technical assistance from American Farmland Trust and Ducks Unlimited, will deliver demonstrable improvements in soil health, water quality and carbon sequestration, offering a model for cross-sector collaboration.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: June 19, 2026

By Kendra Downing posted on June 19, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Soil Health = Human Health
Innovators Who Transformed American Agriculture
Cover Cropping With Twin-Row Rye
Cereal Rye Grazing Research at Mizzou
Planting Cover Crops Into Growing Corn

Cover Crops Bring Soil Back to Life in Dry Country

By Noah Newman posted on May 30, 2026 | Posted in Economics, Soil Health

“For the first shovel out of the ground to find an earthworm, that’s just unheard of in Arizona,” Robert Boyle says. Editor Noah Newman shares more observations from his visit with the Strip-Till Innovator in Coolidge, Ariz.

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