While many of you might not be familiar with the 2000s rock band “A Day to Remember,” their moniker was front of mind for me last week as I attended A Field Day to Remember in Elizabethtown, Pa.

This Week's Lineup:

• Investing in Soil Health Through Cover Crops
• Checking in on Corn in Cover Crops — Mid Season Observations
• Cover Crops: The Ultimate Nutrient Boosters for Your Soil
• Green Cover Seed Podcast Focuses on Harnessing the Power of Cover Crops
• Making Cover Crops Work in Cold Climates

On this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, come along on the road with Cover Crop Strategies Associate Editor, Mackane Vogel, as he travels across parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania to visit 3 different farmers who are working with cover crops in unique ways.

As part of a $10 million effort funded by the USDA, the first National Cover Crop Variety Test Report is being released publicly. The project is led by the University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture and includes data for 25 varieties representing six different cover crop species tested across 12 states to help inform cover crop decision making based on winter hardiness, biomass potential, weed control, and other key cover crop traits.

This Week's Lineup:

• Incorporating Cover Crop Seeds After Soybean Harvest
• Why Cover Crops & No Till Work: 3 Proven Steps Every Farmer Must Know
• Removing Nitrate Levels from Waterways with No-Till
• Cover Crops — Low Effort, Big Impact
• Grazing Cover Crops with Sheep and Stacking Hay

This Week's Lineup:

• Busch Light Farmer Cans Are Back!
• Planting Green and No-Tilling Corn with Compost Extract
• Cover Crops Help Increase Yields, Bolster Soil Health
• Using Cover Crops to Reduce Pesticide Use & Increase Soil Activity
• No-Till Legend Marion Calmer Celebrates Wedding

Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors.

For this episode, we are going to Nelson, Missouri to visit with Alan Weber as he discusses his use of cereal rye and other cover crops on his farm. Weber runs a diversified crop and livestock operation and he’s found cereal rye especially useful in reducing pigweed and waterhemp pressure.

This Week's Lineup:

• Planting Garlic into an Oat Cover Crop
• Planting a Summer Annual Cover Crop Requires Attention to Detail
• Growers Need to Work WITH Mother Nature not Against Her
• Jim Hershey’s Cover Crop Garden Experiment for Weed Suppression
• Farmers Mimic Mother Nature To Build Soils and Yield Success

Earlier this month I visited Jim Hershey’s farm in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. And while last episode you had a chance to see what his plans are for the upcoming Pennsylvania No-Till alliance Field Day, this week I thought I’d showcase one of Jim’s latest experiments.