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Time Running Out to Use Cover Crops on Prevent Plant Acres

October 2, 2019 | Posted in Grazing
Source: Winchester, Indiana News Gazette
The announcement by the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), enables farmers who plant cover crops on prevented plant acres to hay, graze, ensile, or chop those fields earlier than November 1. For 2019, RMA will allow farmers to make forage on prevent plant acres after Sept. 1. Find out more in this article from the News Gazette (Winchester, Indiana).
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It's Not Too Late to Plant Cover Crops

September 30, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: Capital Journal (Pierre, SD)
It has been a challenge for many producers to reduce weed production on prevent plant acres as rains continues to dampen fields this year. Kent Vlieger, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Soil Health Specialist, Huron, urges growers to forgo tillage and plant cereal crops to aid in controlling weeds this fall. Read more in this press release from NRCS.
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Winter Cereals as a Forage Cover Crop

September 27, 2019 | Posted in Grazing
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Cereals, soybeans, and silage corn are all being harvested, or will be soon! That bare ground provides an opportunity to boost forage inventories by double cropping with a winter cereal, while getting all the benefits of a cover crop in the rotation. Read more in this article from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs.
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Have a Plan for Fall Cover Crops

September 25, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: Kenosha News
As harvest quickly approaches, farmers are looking to get cover crops applied. Aerial applications of cover crop seed began in late August and early September, but for any other methods of application, things might be pushed back. Iowa State Extension Cropping Systems Specialist Mark Licht said the volatile 2019 growing season made things more complicated. Find out more in this article from the Kenosha News.
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Preventing Fallow Syndrome with Cover Crops

September 20, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health
Source: South Dakota State University Extension
Fallow syndrome received its name from the dry plains states where fields routinely benefited from the additional moisture available after a year where the ground was fallowed. Corn sometimes had symptoms of phosphorus deficiency when corn was grown on this previously fallowed ground, thus it received its current name, “fallow syndrome”. Learn more in this article from South Dakota State University Extension.
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Planting Late Season Cover Crops

September 20, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: AgWeek
After small grains, we typically try to get our cover crop mixes seeded by August 15. That date has blown by us and it is now mid-September with some wheat still being harvested. Find out more in this article by Abbey Wick, North Dakota State University Extension soil health specialist.
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Tips for Fall Grazing Cover Crops

September 16, 2019 | Posted in Grazing
Source: North Dakota State University Extension press release
Cover crop acreage is expected to increase in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency's revision to the preventive-planting insurance provisions, according to North Dakota State University Extension livestock experts.
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