This Week's Lineup:

• Australian Farmers Use No-Till & Cover Crops to Combat Drought
• Managing Cover Crops in Extreme Conditions
• Unlocking the Power of Cover Crop Diversity
• Why These Farmers Say You Can’t Miss the National No-Tillage Conference

So who will be speaking at the 2026 National Cover Crop Summit year’s event, you ask? Drum roll please…

This Week's Lineup:

• Tour a Full-Service Cover Crop Business with Dean Sponheim and Josh Sponheim
• Making Cover Crops Work in Dry, Prairie Conditions
• Despite Numerous Benefits, Government Funded Cover Crop Programs Could Be In Trouble
• Farmer Buys Back His First Tractor After 45 Years

Cover crops are sure to be a hot topic at this year’s National No-Tillage Conference. So here’s Minnesota no-tiller and cover cropper Tom Cotter to give a brief preview about his presentation at the conference, plus why he finds the event so valuable as an attendee.

This Week's Lineup:

• Cover Crops Boost Cash Crop Success — Advice from Dan Miller of Millermatic Seed
• Missouri Farmer, Rancher Reacts to Trump Administration's Aid Plan for Farmers
• Agriculture Secretary Announces $700 Million Pilot Program to Support Regenerative Ag
• Farmer Turned Rockstar Blows Simon Cowell Away on X Factor UK
• Stop Tilling, Start Earning More Dollars Per Acre

Many of you are familiar with Iowa no-tiller and Executive Director of the Conservation Technology Information Center, Ryan Heiniger. Recently I had a chance to chat with Ryan and his son Matt - who is currently a senior in high school — about the new cover crop business they started this summer called Clear Water Cover Crops.

On this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by the 2026 National No-Tillage Conference, listen to a conversation with Iowa no-tiller and executive director of the Conservation Technology Information Center, Ryan Heiniger.

This Week's Lineup:

• Analyzing Both Sides of the Cover Crop Coin
• One Farmer’s Unapologetic Opinion About No-Till… and the Replies
• Reducing Erosion with No-Till & Cover Crops
• Answering Frequently Asked Questions about Cover Crops
• Hay is For Horses, Cover Crops are for Economically Efficient Farmers

Kyle Snodgrass, international sales manager for Ag Leader, details the benefits and unique features of the company’s new RightPath passive implement steering system.

This Week's Lineup:

• No-Till & Cover Crops vs. Tillage — Why Neighboring Fields are Worlds Apart
• How to Transition to No-Till & Implement Cover Crops with Minimal Trial & Error Cost
• Think Regeneration Session: Cover Cropping with Keith Berns and Kevin Marshall
• Cover Crops: Seed Inoculation
• McDonald’s Makes Large Investment into Regenerative Agriculture