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[Podcast] Making Cover Crops Work in Specialty Crops
In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Aries Haygood of Vidalia, Ga., talks about his unconventional path into the world of agriculture and how he first started learning about cover crops.
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Farmers Across the World Share Equipment They Use to Seed Cover Crops
CCS readers submit various cover crop seeding equipment used on farms across the world
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Growing Nitrogen with Legume Cover Crops
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but price fluctuations of fertilizers leave farmers looking for alternative solutions. Planting legumes as a cover crop can increase soil nitrogen and perhaps even reduce reliance on fertilizers.
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An Accidental Cover Crop Experiment
Georgetown, Del., no-tiller Jay Baxter was planning on conducting a cover crop experiment with oats, but when Mother Nature got in the way, he quickly pivoted to another idea for a different type of cover crop experiment.
