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Cover Crops Are a Good Fit for Seed Corn

By Sarah Hill posted on July 16, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

No one does anything in a vacuum. No matter what type of project you undertake, someone has to create the raw materials you have to work with — whether it’s loggers harvesting trees for lumber made into woodworking projects, cotton farmers harvesting bolls made into cloth, or a goldsmith melting down gold to make jewelry.

Planting Cover Crops Makes Growers Soil Health Superheroes

By Sarah Hill posted on July 2, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

When it comes to superheroes in the agriculture industry, for the 2019 crop year, growers who plant cover crops are the true heroes.

Cover Crops: ROI That Keeps on Giving

By Sarah Hill posted on June 25, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Economics

No matter why you got into farming, profitability is still the end goal. Every farming practice undergone on your operation must be worth the return on investment. But what if we looked at cover crops in a different way — that covers themselves are the investment?

Suppress Weeds in Vegetable Crops with Covers

Weeds are behind a $32 billion annual crop loss due to taking necessary nutrients from the soil.

By Sarah Hill posted on June 18, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

Now that planting season is nearly wrapped up, it’s time to start thinking about protecting plants from their age-old nemesis: weeds.

Multi-Species Cover Crops: The Answer to Livestock Forage Shortages?

By Sarah Hill posted on June 11, 2019 | Posted in Grazing

With so many acres under water and unplantable this year, livestock producers are starting to become concerned about forage options later in the fall and winter.

Pros & Cons for Cover Crops in Prevented Planting

By Sarah Hill posted on June 7, 2019 | Posted in Grazing, Soil Health, Economics

For growers facing difficult decisions about what to do with unplanted fields, due to weather issues, seeding covers crops can pay off if you follow some simple rules of thumb.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

A Win-Win for Cover Crops in the Chesapeake Bay

By John Dobberstein posted on May 24, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Cover crops have been a key tool for protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region and helping farmers improve soil tilth and health, but regulating nitrogen (N) with covers has proven difficult. Read what Penn State University researchers discovered about the ability of different species to sequester and fix N.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Carbon Credits by 2020 for No-Till, Cover Crops? It Could Happen This Time

By John Dobberstein posted on May 17, 2019

A coalition of environmental organizations and food companies announced efforts to build a market that would pay farmers for carbon sequestration and cleaner water. What will it mean for you?

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

D.C. Compromises Not Helping the Soil Health Movement

By John Dobberstein posted on May 9, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

While some important progress was made in the recent Farm Bill regarding soil health and cover crop management, a recent article detailed an important omission that will still impact many farmers’ wallets.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

How These Magical ‘Weeds’ — Cover Crops — Turned Around a Struggling Orchard

May 3, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

With soils drying up and yields declining, Jose Robles of Modesto, Calif., turned to cover crops, compost and hedgerows to stem the losses, and it’s paying dividends so far.

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Cover Crops Are a Good Fit for Seed Corn

Planting Cover Crops Makes Growers Soil Health Superheroes

Cover Crops: ROI That Keeps on Giving

Suppress Weeds in Vegetable Crops with Covers

Multi-Species Cover Crops: The Answer to Livestock Forage Shortages?

Pros & Cons for Cover Crops in Prevented Planting

A Win-Win for Cover Crops in the Chesapeake Bay

Carbon Credits by 2020 for No-Till, Cover Crops? It Could Happen This Time

D.C. Compromises Not Helping the Soil Health Movement

How These Magical ‘Weeds’ — Cover Crops — Turned Around a Struggling Orchard

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