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Choose Your Cover Crop Species with Care

By Sarah Hill posted on January 20, 2020

Each crop year is different, and there will be various reasons influencing the decision of what cover crops to use — the amount of biomass you want produced, your preferred method of cover crop termination, weed control, and more. You have to choose cover crops that are best for your operation, the weather, soil conditions and cash crops.

Perennial Cover Crop Mixtures Make Great Forage for Cattle

The Saskatchewan Forage Council has created a resource for cattle producers on successful perennial pastures.

May 31, 2019 | Posted in Grazing, Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: Canadian Cattlemen

Traditional annuals and cocktail cover crop mixtures can make great forage for cattle on a temporary basis, but over the long haul a good stand of perennial pasture may be the best choice, according to Lorne Klein, range management extension specialist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture at Weyburn.

From the Desk of Frank Lessiter

Covers Keep Weeds in Check

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 25, 2019

When growers talk about the benefits of cover crops, the talk normally centers around erosion control, keeping nutrients in the field, improving soil quality and trimming fertilizer purchases. But effective weed control is another benefit.

How Much Cover Crop Growth is Needed For Weed Control?

January 23, 2019

Researchers in Nebraska share the results of Corn Belt studies on weed control with cover crops as the state investigates covers as a tool to protect fields.

Late Fall Herbicide Treatments for Cover Crops?

October 26, 2017

Source: Ohio State University Extension

When thinking about crop covers you should consider a few things for fall herbicide treatment to help manage marestail.

Cutting Expenses with No-Till Grain, Vegetables

Cory Atkins is experimenting with no-till, cover crops and precision technology on a variety of crops for higher profits and efficiency.

By Ian Gronau posted on October 29, 2016 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Cory Atkins is a rare example of a young, first generation commercial farmer in an aging and family-centric industry. Although he grew up on a hobby farm with a roadside market and was tutored by an uncle who farms, he has taken it upon himself to obtain a production agriculture degree and expand the acres under his management.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: Cover Crops Take Root for Indiana No-Tiller

Jamie Scott became the go-to cover crop guy for an expanding group of neighboring farmers after success with the practice on his own farm.

By Jamie Scott and Martha Mintz posted on April 16, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

A little nudging from the former owners of some of our farms helped move us to 100% no-till in the early 1980s. A little more nudging and before you know it we were diversifying our farm — and a large percentage of our neighboring farms — with cover crops.