Cover crops and no-till

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: May 8, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on May 8, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

No-Tiller Sees Big Difference Just 6 Years After Ditching the Plow
How to Save a Farm
7 Reasons Why This Farmer Doesn't Grow This Popular Clover Cover Crop
Understanding the Purpose of Cover Crops
First Generation Farmers Are Doing Things Differently

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 24, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 24, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
An Entirely New Type of Cover Crop Roller…
Lessons Learned: Maximizing Crop Rotations With Cover Crops
Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Feb. 13, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on February 13, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Register for National Cover Crop Summit & get Fundamentals of Cover Crops Course for FREE
10 Cover Crops That Can Feed Your Cattle All Winter
Midwest Cover Crop Council Meeting Showcases No-Till & Cover Crops
Cover Crops Make No-Till a Stronger System
It Isn’t the Cow it’s the How

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Jan. 2, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 2, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Tim's Take Episode 44 - Part 1 — The Overall Cover Crops Guide
Top 5 Fall & Winter Cover Crops for Massive Spring Growth
Forget Tilling: How One Cover Crop Rebuilds Compacted Soil from the Roots Up
Stop Buying Sulfur — This Cover Crop Mix Fixes Alkaline Soil pH

Reflecting On the Significance of Commitment to No-Till & Cover Crops

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 30, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

While I may be preaching to the choir, I feel it's important to remind myself of some of the key benefits of no-till and cover crops on the farm to really hone in the importance and the significance of these methods.

How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck with Cover Crops

Understanding cover crop trends can shed light on how to increase widespread cover crop adoption

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 13, 2024 | Posted in Grazing, Soil Health

Finding a way to make a solid ROI on cover crops (and no-till) is the key to making these practices more widespread.

Growers Say Cover Crops Made It Easier to Adopt No-Till

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 26, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

70% of growers said that cover crops made the transition to no-till easier, according to the Conservation Technology Innovation Center's 2023 National Cover Crop Survey.

Cover Crops, Other Regenerative Ag Practices Could Impact Future of Food Sales

By Molly Harris posted on December 21, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Tasting Table

No matter how tuned in or out of farming standards you might be, chances are you are aware that some foods are deemed "healthier" because of how they were raised. One example of this is organic farming, which includes everything from produce to coffee to wine. But what if there was another type of farming, an alternative to traditional and organic farming, that promised even more? This is where regenerative farming comes into play.

Covers, No-Till Build Resilient Soil

March 5, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Aberdeen News

South Dakota soil health farmers aren’t worried. They’ve built resilience into their soils so they can make the best use of the moisture they get. Read more in this article from the Aberdeen News.

Cover Crops, No-Till Could Slow Climate Change

August 31, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: The Lane Report

Cover crops combined with no-tillage systems can increase soil organic carbon, which could help slow climate change on farms, according to a recent study by University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment scientists. Located at UK’s Spindletop Research Farm in Lexington, the plots are only one of a few sites in the world that have been continuously in no-till agriculture for more than 50 years. Read more in this article from The Lane Report.