For a week in October, several of my classes at UW-Platteville were cancelled so I headed home to Illinois where harvest was in full swing. I was quickly reminded how harvest is truly a whole family affair.

This Week's Lineup:

• Profitability and Sustainability of Cover Crops
• Cereal Rye Scouting Update
• Why Drill Cover Crops?
• Back to the Basics: Cover Crop Considerations
• Crimson Clover 101

This Week's Lineup:

• Seeding Cover Crops for the First Time
• Making an Impact with Cover Crops
• Reducing Nitrate Pollution with Cover Crops
• Why to Grow Oats After Silage Harvest
• Drilling Cover Crops and Overcoming Challenges

This Week's Lineup:

• The Soil is Living!
• Adding Winter Lentils to Your Toolbox
• Busting Five Cover Crop Myths
• Seeding Cover Crops and Harvesting -- All in One Pass
• Soybean Harvest and a Wheat Cover Crop

This Week's Lineup:

• USDA Refreshes Soil Health Resources
• Seeding Cover Crops on a Dairy Farm
• Benefits of Growing a Crop You Can't Sell
• Making Cover Crop Selections to Meet Your Goals
• Exploring The Future of Cattle Grazing

This Week's Lineup:

• Can We Drill the Rye Before the Rain?
• Learning From Local Farmers — Sharing Advice and Experiences
• Making the Most of Every Acre — Cover Crops, Cattle and Goats
• What Does Cover Crop Carbon Actually Cost and Pay?
• Seeding Cover Crops on a Vegetable Farm

This Week's Lineup:

• Project 101: Planting a World Record Cover Crop
• Drone Seeding Trial
• Cover Crop Financial Incentives and Managing Risk
• Creating a Future for Farmers Through Cover Crops
• Boosting the Bottom Line by Grazing Cover Crops

This Week's Lineup:

• Feeding the Soil
• Seeding a Cover Crop Following Barley
• Cover Crop Economics
• Interseeding Cover Crops
• Making Conservation Farming Practices Affordable

This Week's Lineup:

• What Farmers Need to Change for 2027
• Growing Cover Crops Differently: The Paul Davis Method
• Cover Crop Lessons from the Front Range
• Strip-Tilling Beans into Cereal Rye
• The Fight Against Waterhemp

This Week's Lineup:

• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Cover Crops
• Impacts of Cover Crops in the Maumee River Watershed
• Building a More Resilient Farm Business with Cover Crops
• Cover Crops Increase Profit in Iowa
• "Wheat Pete" Talks Extreme Weather and Cover Crops