Investing in Regenerative Ag - Articles

Cover Crops Are Helping Researchers Accelerate AI Use in Agriculture

October 11, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

An open-source plant image repository developed at NC State University could help close a gap in artificial intelligence for agriculture.

National No-Tillage Conference Program Jam-Packed with Practical, Profit-Building Ideas

From planter performance to precision farming to regenerative agriculture, learn from the brightest minds in agriculture during the 34th annual event in St. Louis in January.

By Cover Crop Strategies Staff posted on October 9, 2025 | Posted in Economics, Grazing, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Product Innovations & Introductions, Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

Whether growers are just looking to tweak their no-till operation or planning for big changes, there will be something for nearly everyone at the 33^rd annual National No-Tillage Conference that kicks off in January. The full program has been released for the 2025 conference, which is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 in at the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Ky.

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - October 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

By Frank Lessiter posted on October 7, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

In this edition:

Can the global drone revolution make agriculture more sustainable? Rapid growth in drone use is upending expectations but also inducing trade-offs.
Tillage and residue management modulate the links between soil physical signatures and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomarkers.
Mapping the conceptual and intellectual structure of soil health research (1996–2021): a terms co-occurrence and co-cited reference network analysis.
Suggestions for promoting SOC storage within the carbon farming framework: Analyzing the INFOSOLO database.

Cover Crop Connection

Staying Motivated to Keep Planting Cover Crops & Practicing No-Till

By Mackane Vogel posted on October 3, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

A few months ago, Canadian no-tiller Blake Vince gave a presentation at the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance’s 20th Anniversary Meeting. And while the topic of his presentation was about conserving farm land with cover crops and the importance of bio diversity, there’s an anecdote that Blake told the audience about the future of no-till and cover crops that has stuck with me.

FoodChain ID Partners with Agmatix to Advance Regenerative Agriculture with AI

October 2, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Product Innovations & Introductions

Source: FoodChain ID News Release

The partnership responds to the growing demand for trusted, transparent, and outcome-focused approaches to regenerative agriculture by providing companies with certification credibility and data-driven actionable insights.

Do We Need to Re-Evaluate Our Motivations for Using Cover Crops?

A recent research paper asks “which should be the goal, soil carbon storage or sustainable conservation agriculture practices?”

By Mackane Vogel posted on September 30, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Examining motivation for planting cover crops is something we ask farmers in our own annual Cover Crops Operational Benchmark Study. According to our survey, most farmers are not focused on the profitability of cover crops.

The Costs & Benefits of Cover Crops

Growers are stretching their dollars on cover crop seed, but still storing up nitrogen, saving on pesticides & reaping the rewards of improved soil health

By Laura Barrera posted on September 30, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

While it can be challenging to put an ROI on cover crops, most growers are seeing some savings from the practice.

Planting Green

Cover Cropped Acres Grew, Record Percentage of Growers Planted Green

Other key findings from the annual Cover Crops Operational Benchmark Study include more drone seeding, reduced spending on seed & glyphosate remaining the No. 1 termination choice

By Laura Barrera posted on September 27, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Based on those who shared the number of acres they seeded to cover crops, the total across all survey participants was 267,003 acres, making the average number seeded per farm 694 — a new record from the 504 average we saw in 2023.

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - September 2025

Each month, the conservation ag group at Cornell University offers an analysis of the latest scientific papers dealing with conservation agriculture research from around the world. For this on-going web series, our editors will be selecting several research papers from the Cornell list that will be of special interest to North American no-tillers, strip-tillers and cover croppers.

By Frank Lessiter posted on September 8, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

In this edition:

Integrated soil health management influences soil properties: Insights from a U.S. Midwest study.
Furrow Irrigated Long-Term No-Till and Conventional-Till Soil Evaluation in the Mid-South USA.
Cross-Effect Between Cover Crops and Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Application on Microbiote Communities in Field Crops Soils.
Responses of soil reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen pools to straw mulching.