Mackane Vogel

Mackane Vogel

Mackane Vogel is the Associate Editor of Farm Equipment, No-Till Farmer, Cover Crop Strategies and other Lessiter Media publications. An avid writer for the last 10 years, he previously served as the editorial intern for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and also wrote for several different sports journalism outlets before joining the Lessiter Media team in 2022. Mackane is a 2020 journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: mvogel@lesspub.com

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I Am Coming to Visit YOUR Farm this Summer

I am coming to visit your farm this summer. Well, okay not ALL of your farms. But, once again I will be heading east in June to visit some family in Baltimore and Virginia and while I am there, I plan to make a handful of farmer visits across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia.
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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 24, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Cover Crops & Double Cropping Play Expanded Role in Commodity Crop Rotations
  • An Entirely New Type of Cover Crop Roller…
  • Lessons Learned: Maximizing Crop Rotations With Cover Crops
  • Regenerative Agriculture from Start to Finish
  • Researchers Develop Dynamic Framework to Monitor Tillage Practices from Space



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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 17, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • First Time Planting Soybeans into a No-Till, Cover Crop Field
  • The View on Conservation in Farming with Jim Hebbe
  • Cover Crops in the Midwest: From Slugs to Nutrient Stratification
  • Managing Cover Crops for Success with Ryan Wolf of Iowa Missouri Seed
  • Turning Cows onto Rye Cover Crops


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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 10, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Two More Inches of Topsoil In One Year & 1000% Increase In Infiltration Rate
  • Why We Farm: Taking Care of the Land for the Next Generation
  • Lessiter Media Editor Finishes in 99th Percentile for All March Madness Brackets Nationwide
  • New Guide Helps Measure Nutrient Value of Cover Crops
  • Co-led UK Study Finds Cover Crops Improve Soil Health in Long-Term Trials

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 3, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Optimizing Cover Crop-Based Rotational No-Till Corn Production
  • Resilient Farming for the Future
  • Using Cover Crops to Manage Weeds in Corn & Soybeans Without Herbicides
  • Managing Spring Conditions: Tips for Terminating Cover Crops
  • Helping Farmers Get Their Electronics Field-Ready for Planting


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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: March 27, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

  • Webinar Covers Soil Organic Matter & Cover Crops
  • Farmers and Their Innovative Cover Cropping Techniques
  • Impacts of Cereal Rye as a Cover Crop Depending on Farm Goals
  • No-Till History from 90+ Years Ago…
  • Constructing Water and Sediment Basins to Control Erosion


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Cover Crop Connection

Tony Peirick — Digging in to Cover Crops

This year’s No-Till Farmer Conservation Ag Operator Fellow is Watertown, Wis. no-tiller Tony Peirick. Tony has been using cover crops and practicing no-till on his farm for decades. Let’s watch as Tony grabs a shovel from his truck and digs into a field of cover crops to check out the soil structure.
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The National No-Tillage Conference returns January 12-15, 2027! Build and refine your no-till system with dozens of new ideas and connections at the 35th Annual National No-Tillage Conference in Indianapolis, Jan. 12-15, 2027. Experience an energizing 4-day agenda featuring inspiring general session speakers, expert-led No-Till Classrooms and collaborative No-Till Roundtables. Plus, Certified Crop Adviser credits will be offered.

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