Seeding Practices

More Data Needed on Covers

December 27, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Seed World

Even after spending more than a decade using cover crops and dedicating their farm to the practice, Kyle Grumke, a western Missouri corn, soybean and forage grower admits that sometimes picking cover crop seed isn’t top-of-mind until right when it’s needed. “I really need to be working on getting the seed I need on hand for fall in that July time frame,” he says. Read more in this article from Seed World.

[Video] Soil Carbon & Ecosystem Markets

December 22, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

In this video from the National Center for Appropriate Technology, hear from experts on soil carbon markets as they discuss how the agriculture industry can be more sustainable in the future, on-farm practices and soil biology, and carbon markets and public policy.

[Podcast] Does Rye Contribute to Occasional Yield Drag in Corn?

This week’s podcast, sponsored by NewLeaf Symbiotics, features Alison Robertson, Field Crops Pathologist, Iowa State University. Robertson will discuss how seedling disease might be responsible for occasional yield drag in corn, how rye cover crops can contribute to that yield drag, trials she’s conducted evaluating the impact of cover crops on seedling disease, and more.

December 21, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

This week’s podcast, sponsored by NewLeaf Symbiotics, features Alison Robertson, Field Crops Pathologist, Iowa State University. Robertson will discuss how seedling disease might be responsible for occasional yield drag in corn, how rye cover crops can contribute to that yield drag, trials she’s conducted evaluating the impact of cover crops on seedling disease, and more.

[Video] Interseeding Cover Crops Into Small Corn

December 15, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

"Lazy farmer" Mark Legvold, Northfield, MN, discusses how he interseeded cover crops into corn when the corn was about 1 foot tall. Legvold does two things at once by broadcasting cover crop seed using salt spreaders while also applying nitrogen.

[Video] First Time Use of Covers in an Almond Orchard

December 15, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

This video follows a California grower as he uses cover crops for the first time in his almond orchard working with the National Center for Appropriate Technology and NRCS. His goals when using covers are to improve soil quality and providing habitat for beneficial insects and pollinators.

Important Growth Stages for Winter Cereal Cover Crops

December 10, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

Knowledge about plant growth stages is important for management decisions and to predict how well a plant may cope with stress such as low temperature. The following figures are illustrations of growth stages that fall-planted cereal cover crops will go through before their termination. Read more in this article from the University of Nebraska.

USDA Reports 91% of Corn, 92% of Soybeans Harvested

November 15, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended Nov. 14 reported 91% of corn crops harvested, below the 94% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

[Podcast] Cover Crops Are About Stewardship

This week’s podcast, sponsored by NewLeaf Symbiotics, features Dean Jackson, a grower and dairyman from Columbia Crossroads, Penn. Jackson will be a panelist during the upcoming 2021 National Cover Crop Summit: Fall Edition. He will discuss how his operation got started using cover crops, their success with drilling cover crops, his experiences planting green, and more.

November 12, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

This week’s podcast, sponsored by NewLeaf Symbiotics, features Dean Jackson, a grower and dairyman from Columbia Crossroads, Penn. Jackson will be a panelist during the upcoming 2021 National Cover Crop Summit: Fall Edition. He will discuss how his operation got started using cover crops, their success with drilling cover crops, his experiences planting green, and more.

Getting Paid to Raise Cover Crops

November 10, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Ohio's Country Journal

Farmers had several state and national opportunities to receive payments or premiums from planting cover crops. Some deadlines are past, others have been extended. Farmers may want to review some of these programs and look at the current benefits from planting cover crops yet this fall. Read more in this article from Ohio's Country Journal.