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Survey Shows Cover Crop Usage Doubled Following Incentive Programs

By Krishna Ramanujan posted on September 25, 2023 | Posted in Economics, Soil Health

A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as many acres of cover crops as they did prior to receiving funds – a change that can both improve their farms and mitigate climate change.

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Cover Crops Pay Off After Heavy Rains

By Noah Newman posted on September 22, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Today we’re talking with Jeff Schluckbier, who grows corn, sugar beets and wheat in Tuscola County, Mich. Jeff uses sunflowers, radish, clover, oats, cereal rye and Austrian winter peas. He says cover crops are paying off big time in his 7,500-acre operation, especially during heavy rainfall events.

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First Look: Electric Cover Crop Seeder

By Mackane Vogel posted on September 1, 2023 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions

As always, cover crops are a hot topic at this year’s Farm Progress Show. I caught up with Andy Unverferth, who told me about a new cover crop seeder with an electric drive metering system.

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Examining the Properties of Buckwheat as an Alternative Cover Crop

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 18, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Last week I attended a field day hosted by the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy, Wisconsin. I had the opportunity to learn from one of their research agronomists, Esther Durairaj, who told us about her research trials looking into alternative cover crops, including buckwheat.

CTIC, Farmers for Soil Health Partner to Increase Cover Crop Acres

August 7, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

The Conservation Technology Information Center is partnering with Farmers for Soil Health (FSH), a new program devoted to increasing the usage of cover crops on corn and soybean acres.

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Assistance with Adopting Regenerative Ag Practices

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 4, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

On the most recent episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, I spoke with Zach Larson and Tyler Williams, 2 sustainable systems agronomists with Bayer. You can see Larson and other Bayer agronomists here, working out in the field, which is part of the support that comes with Bayer’s ForGround program.

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Big Announcements at CTIC Conservation in Action Tour

By Noah Newman posted on July 21, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

In this episode of Conservation Ag Update, we head to Frankenmuth, Mich., for the Conservation Technology Information Center’s 16th annual Conservation in Action Tour. New CTIC executive director Ryan Heiniger makes several big announcements, including a noteworthy surprise for a no-till legend. This episode of Conservation Ag Update is brought to you by Yokohama Off-Highway Tires.

[Podcast] Cover Crops & Other Regenerative Ag Trends Outside of North America

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, Charlie Morrey, a multimedia agricultural journalist with Agriland in Dublin, Ireland, talks about Irish regenerative farming practices, some of the biggest struggles that farmers in Ireland and other parts of Europe face and how U.S. farmers can learn from them.

July 13, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, Charlie Morrey, a multimedia agricultural journalist with Agriland in Dublin, Ireland, talks about Irish regenerative farming practices, some of the biggest struggles that farmers in Ireland and other parts of Europe face and how U.S. farmers can learn from them.

Cover Crops for Fighting Drought & Weeds

July 10, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Sustainable Chesapeake

Virginia farmers Clay Lowe of Cedar Point Farms, Paul Davis of Davis Produce and Jamie Shenk of Beauregard Farms explain how cover crops are an integral part of their weed management program and how they help improve crop productivity during droughts.

Cultivating Farmer Prosperity: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture

July 7, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

As more and more companies continue to invest in regenerative agriculture and set sustainability goals, cover crops, no-till farming and other conservation ag practices could start to become more widespread. Cover Crop Strategies is compiling these studies, stories and reports about the continued push for widespread adoption of conservation agriculture.

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Survey Shows Cover Crop Usage Doubled Following Incentive Programs

Cover Crops Pay Off After Heavy Rains

First Look: Electric Cover Crop Seeder

Examining the Properties of Buckwheat as an Alternative Cover Crop

CTIC, Farmers for Soil Health Partner to Increase Cover Crop Acres

Assistance with Adopting Regenerative Ag Practices

Big Announcements at CTIC Conservation in Action Tour

[Podcast] Cover Crops & Other Regenerative Ag Trends Outside of North America

Cover Crops for Fighting Drought & Weeds

Cultivating Farmer Prosperity: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture

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