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Auburn University Receives Grant to Study Cover Crops, Other Conservation Practices

August 17, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Southeast Ag Net
The grants are designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative approaches that have demonstrated conservation benefits on farmland. These conservation practices are sorely needed on Alabama farms for several reasons, said Rishi Prasad, assistant professor and Alabama Extension specialist in the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences and leader of the research project. Read more in this article from Southeast AgNet.
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Soil Conservation Remains Strong

August 17, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
According to a recent survey, Indiana farmers planted 950,000 acres of cover crops in 2019. Cover crops are known for their environmental benefits and, with the exception of corn and soybeans, are planted on more acres than any other commodity crop in Indiana.
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Tillage Affects Soil Aggregate Stability

August 7, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Dodge City Daily Globe
Some farmers claim that you need to “open up and fluff up the soil with tillage” so it can take in moisture and that no-till just makes the ground hard making it difficult for water to get through. Tradition may make you think that is the case. Read more in this article from the Dodge City Daily Globe (Dodge City, KS).
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Adding Hay to Your Crop Rotation

August 5, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
The soil health benefits of having a perennial forage in the crop rotation are better than any cover crop, because its living roots are in the soil for much longer. Hay prices have been strong over the last couple of years, and there is always a market for high-quality hay. Read more in this article from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs.
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Soil Changes When Cover Crops are Grown

August 3, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: Southern SARE
Florida vegetable farmers who grow cover crops as a green manure between their cash crops anecdotally tout the health benefits, but a two-year study by University of Florida has provided the research to back it up. In a Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) On-Farm Research Grant, University of Florida soil health expert Jehangir (Jango) Bhadha shadowed the cover crop practices of eight farmers across the state to measure the benefits of using cover crops (mainly cow pea and sunn hemp) as a soil amendment and nutrient source for subsequent cash crops.
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Carbon Farming Growing in Interest

July 31, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA)
Mitchell Hora walks to a field on his family’s southeast Iowa farm, where 5-inch-high soybeans grow in alternating rows with 4-foot-tall cereal rye. The 25-year-old admits that combining the two crops would make most farmers freak out. Read more in this article from The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA).
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Biomass Differences in Summer-Seeded Cover Crops

July 28, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health
When faced with a crop failure due to severe weather, or conditions prevent planting in the first place, seeding cover crops on these acres can help control weeds and protect soil from erosion as well as provide other soil health benefits. Trials from the University of Minnesota reveals which covers grow the most biomass the quickest.
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