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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Jan. 30, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 30, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Cover Crops 101 — For Beginners and Advanced Cover Croppers Alike
Single-Row Interseeding System for Minimizing Erosion
Nestlé Continues to Invest in Regenerative Agriculture
What Does ‘Living Soil’ Actually Mean?
Does No-Till Mean Never Till?

6 Big Questions About Frost Seeding

By Emma Matcham posted on January 29, 2026 | Posted in Grazing, Seeding Practices

Source: Ohio State Univ. Extension

Frost seeding is a relatively inexpensive practice that can introduce more legumes, and thus more nitrogen fixation, into many pastures.

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Weasler Engineering Celebrates 75 Years of Innovation

January 24, 2026

From modest beginnings in 1951 with only seven employees, Weasler Engineering has expanded to include global manufacturing sites, transforming the agricultural landscape with cutting-edge driveline technologies that power productivity and sustainability across farms worldwide.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Jan. 23, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 23, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

No-Till Garlic & Cover Crops
Strengthening Your Weed Control Program with Cover Crops
Farming Forward: Modifying Planters to Manage Cover Crop Residue
Measuring Cover Crop Performance
No-Tilling Organic Corn into Living Alfalfa

Cover Crop Breeding Survey

January 22, 2026 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture invites farmers from across the U.S. to complete a short online survey to better understand the types of traits and characteristics producers value most in their cover crops.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Jan. 16, 2026

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 16, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

Planting Cover Crops Makes Conventional Tillage Nearly Impossible… Here’s Why
From Definitions to Dirt — a Practical Look at Defining the Term “Regenerative Ag”
A Strong Start for Winter Cover Crops in the UK
Central Iowa No-Tiller & Cover Cropper Joins Race for State Agriculture Secretary
The REAL Cost Of NOT Switching To No-Till & Using Cover Crops

Pennsylvania Farmer Jim Hershey Earns Leopold Conservation Award for Land Care

January 15, 2026 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Sand County Foundation News Release

Hershey was recognized for outstanding soil, water, and wildlife conservation efforts.

Feds to Re-Evaluate Paraquat After Study States Link to Parkinson’s

By John Dobberstein posted on January 13, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Termination

In a recent post on X, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said his agency’s goals were aligned with that of the Make American Healthy Again movement, which has been highly critical of herbicides used in the country’s food system.

International No-Till, Strip-Till and Cover Crops Research Journal - January 2026

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 January 10, 2026 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

In this edition:

Exploring Soil Hydro-Physical Improvements Under No-Tillage: A Sustainable Approach for Soil Health.
Conservation agriculture: A pathway to achieving sustainable development goals.
Resource Conservation Technologies for Mitigating Climate Change Impacts in Agriculture: A Review.
Ch. 18 Soil Conservation.
Ch. 16 Climate Resilient Agriculture: The Perspective of Conservation Agricultural Practice.

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