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Conventional Tillage vs. Cover Crops & No-Till: Rainfall Simulation

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 19, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

At last week’s 32nd Annual National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis, I caught up with USDA’s soil health specialist for the state of Indiana, Amanda Kautz. Check out this simulation of a heavy rainfall, and how a conventionally tilled field responds to the rainfall compared to a field with no-till and cover crops.

Truterra Expands 2024 Program Eligibility to Long-Term Conservation Adopters

January 16, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Truterra announces 2024 carbon programs that are expanded to include qualified long-term adopters of conservation practices such as cover crops and reduced tillage before 2021.

Cover Crops, Other Regenerative Ag Practices Could Impact Future of Food Sales

By Molly Harris posted on December 21, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Tasting Table

No matter how tuned in or out of farming standards you might be, chances are you are aware that some foods are deemed "healthier" because of how they were raised. One example of this is organic farming, which includes everything from produce to coffee to wine. But what if there was another type of farming, an alternative to traditional and organic farming, that promised even more? This is where regenerative farming comes into play.

National Collaboration Aims to Catalyze Cover Crop Adoption

The Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance are leading a statewide push toward a national cover crop goal of 30 million acres.

December 19, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Three Iowa ag partners are leading a statewide effort to increase the adoption of cover crops, an erosion-prevention and water quality practice, as part of a national program called Farmers for Soil Health.

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Understanding the Role of Cover Crop Root Exudates

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 15, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Good morning, from Alexandria, Minn., Mackane Vogel here, with this week’s cover crop connection. I’m here at the Soil Management Summit and this morning we are going through some live demonstrations. Why don’t we check in with Anna Cates of University of Minnesota Extension for a live cover crop demonstration.

ADM Accepts Frank Lessiter’s Challenge to Prove Commitment to Regenerative Ag

By Michaela Paukner posted on December 1, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

In No-Till Farmer’s November 2023 Conservation Tillage Guide, editor Frank Lessiter challenged food companies to prove their commitment to regenerative agriculture is more than just a PR campaign … and at least one major food company was listening.

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Cover Crop Connection: Controlling Waterhemp with Cereal Rye

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 1, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Cereal rye can be used to suppress weeds. At this Brooklyn, Wisconsin, field day, Jose Nunes, a graduate student at weed scientist Rodrigo Werle’s UW-Madison research and extension lab, shared his findings about how much cereal rye biomass is needed for optimal weed suppression.

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Norm the AI Agronomist — Quick Cover Crop Help

By Noah Newman posted on November 17, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Charles Baron with Farmers Business Network told me all about the organization’s latest innovation, Norm the AI Agronomist. Norm is an online tool that uses artificial intelligence to scan the internet and agronomic research to answer questions about agronomy, farm management practices and more.

Conservation Technology Information Center Announces Cover Crop Coaches Program

November 16, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Thanks to a generous grant from General Mills, a global food company deeply committed to regenerative agriculture, the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) is excited to announce the creation of their farmer-led Cover Crop Coaches program.