Planting green

Expert Advice from 3 Veteran Cover Croppers at the Midwest Cover Crop Council

By Tom J. Bechman posted on March 14, 2024

Source: Farm Progress

Barry Fisher moderated a panel of cover croppers at the Midwest Cover Crop Council annual meeting.

Next Year's Cover Crop Success Starts in Spring

Adjust spring plans now to make next fall’s cover crops work better.

By Don Donovan posted on November 6, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

Start treating your cover crops and cash crops as a system that must work together to change your soil and start a soil health journey to success.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023

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.

Spring Burndown Considerations: Air Temps & Herbicide Efficacy

April 28, 2023 | Posted in Termination

Source: Purdue University

In the Spring, growers may experience challenges when controlling winter annuals weeds or terminating cover crops with glyphosate-based burndown herbicide programs, specifically when glyphosate is sprayed in cool, cloudy weather conditions.

Pull the Plug on Planting Green if Weather is Unseasonably Warm?

April 13, 2023

Source: Penn State Extension

Research from Penn State and other institutions shows that planting green significantly dries the top three inches in the soil profile compared to planting into cover crops killed a week or more pre-plant, because the growing cover crop transpires and draws water out of the root zone.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 7, 2023

April 7, 2023

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.

Is Planting Green a Useful Tool for Managing Multiple-Resistant Waterhemp?

January 19, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Termination

Source: Penn State University Extension

For the past two years, we have been participating in a multi-regional US Soybean Board funded experiment that is investigating the effects of planting green on no-till soybean production and management of multiple-resistant waterhemp populations. Planting green is the delay of cover crop termination until after cash crop planting, which is a departure from the standard practices of terminating a cover crop 10-14 days prior to planting. Our coordinated project focused on no-till soybean (30" row spacing; Enlist system) preceded by cereal rye (60 lb/ac) that was sown after field corn.

[Podcast] Chris Conley Switches from Conventional Tillage to No-Till, Cover Crops in 5 Years

September 7, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

On this week’s edition of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by Verdesian Life Sciences, Wisconsin dairyman Chris Conley explains why he made the switch and how he’s making it work with older equipment.

[Podcast] Breaking Down the 5 Principles of Soil Health with Jay Fuhrer

August 31, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices

On this week’s edition of Cover Crop Strategies, brought to you by Verdesian Life Sciences, soil health specialist Jay Fuhrer breaks down the 5 principles of soil health. Fuhrer also shares what he's learned about cover crops over the past 40 years and answers the question of whether it's more important to feed the soil or the plant.

Reddick Farms Goes All in on No-Till and Cover Crops in Kentucky

Father-son duo takes leap of faith after eye-opening experience at National No-Tillage Conference.

August 30, 2022

No-till is nothing new for the Reddick family. Brad Reddick remembers growing up on the 1,800-acre farm in Bardwell, Ky., watching his father no-till the rolling grounds and conventionally till the creek bottom grounds over 50 years ago.