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Mixes Boost the Power of Cover Crops
Here are tips and steps for no-tillers looking to plant and reap the benefits of multi-species cover crop mixes.
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Seeding Practices
No-Tiller Seeds Cover Crops While Harvesting
A Gandy applicator fastened to a John Deere combine allows Indiana no-tiller Ray McCormick to seed annual ryegrass while harvesting corn.
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Getting Cover Crops Off the Starting Block
Whether it’s aerial, broadcast, drilling or a highboy, here are valuable tips for no-tillers on the art of properly seeding covers.
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Choosing the Right Cover Crop
Whether it’s nitrogen fixing, erosion control or nutrient cycling, no-tillers should know what they want to accomplish before picking a cover.
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The National Strip-Tillage Conference returns August 8-9, 2024! Build and refine your strip-till system with dozens of new ideas and connections at the 11th Annual National Strip-Tillage Conference in Madison, Wis. Aug. 8-9, 2024. Experience an energizing 2-day agenda featuring inspiring general session speakers, expert-led Strip-Till Classrooms and collaborative Strip-Till Roundtables. Plus, Certified Crop Adviser credits will be offered.
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Videos
Hairy Vetch, Triticale & Other Alternatives to Cereal Rye
This week we’re going to hear from USDA research agronomist Jose Franco as he discusses alternatives to only using cereal rye as a winter cover crop in the Upper Midwest. Some of these alternatives include triticale, hairy vetch and winter camelina. Here’s what Franco and his team of researchers are looking for with those trials.
