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What to Do if You Can't Plant a Cash Crop

A bare field is a vulnerable field, subject to losing its valuable, nutrient-rich layer of topsoil because wind can blow the topsoil away and rain can wash it away.
June 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health
Growers who opt not to plant corn or soybeans this year because of consistently wet fields would be best off not leaving those fields bare, according to an expert at The Ohio State University.
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The Connection Between Flooding & Farming Methods

Scientists say there's a way to at least decrease the amount of damage natural disasters can do and it all starts in the farm fields.
June 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health
Source: KAKE
“We have to work with nature, we can't fight it,” Doug Hisken, a Belle Plaine, KS, area farmer said about this year’s overly wet weather leading to flooding problems across much of the state.
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When Do Cover Crops Pay Off?

A new report from USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education explores cover crop profitability.
June 19, 2019 | Posted in Economics, Soil Health
Source: USDA-SARE
Farmers around the country are planting cover crops on millions of acres to protect and improve the soil, and the more that farmers use cover crops, the more they value this conservation practice. Cover Crop Economics, a new report published by USDA-SARE looks at the economics of cover crops to help farmers answer that big question: "When do cover crops pay?"
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Learn More About Prevent Planting Cover Crops in North Dakota

North Dakota State University Extension is hosting a series of four talks on prevent planting cover crops.
June 12, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: North Dakota State University Extension
These will be an excellent opportunity to meet with North Dakota State University specialists and researchers to run through options and hopefully insurance representatives to provide input during the conversation.
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