Covering Cover Crops

Listen to the 2026 Growing Season Farm Playlist

By Mackane Vogel posted on June 15, 2026 | Posted in Grazing, Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Hop in the cab, hit shuffle and enjoy these songs that all have something to do with farming. Some of them are directly farming related like Luke Bryan's "Rain Is a Good Thing." Other's might be more subtle like Jason Isbell's song "Grown," which isn't necessarily about agriculture but the title involves things (or people) that grow.

Frankly Speaking

What If a No-Tiller Wrote the Farm Bill

By Frank Lessiter posted on June 9, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs

An innovative approach that offers major Farm Bill conservation and environmental benefits is really built around tripling the current no-till acreage.

Growing On and Off the Farm

By Kendra Downing posted on June 3, 2026 | Posted in Soil Health

Hi! My name is Kendra Downing and I am working as the editorial intern for the Lessiter Media grower division this summer! I’m excited to work with the Lessiter team, provide quality information to farmers and grow as a writer!

Cover Crops Bring Soil Back to Life in Dry Country

By Noah Newman posted on May 30, 2026 | Posted in Economics, Soil Health

“For the first shovel out of the ground to find an earthworm, that’s just unheard of in Arizona,” Robert Boyle says. Editor Noah Newman shares more observations from his visit with the Strip-Till Innovator in Coolidge, Ariz.

Cover Crops & Innovation — Side by Side in the Thesaurus

Growers who use cover crops are, by nature, constantly looking for other ways to innovate & trailblaze with new ideas on the farm

By Mackane Vogel posted on May 28, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

Growers who use cover crops are, by nature, constantly looking for other ways to innovate & trailblaze with new ideas on the farm

Ditching Common Sense Causes Local ‘Dust Bowl’

By John Dobberstein posted on May 28, 2026 | Posted in Soil Health

So here’s a thought — why not invest in a no-till system and cover crops that are appropriate for the climate and KEEP SOIL IN PLACE? And improve nutrient cycling and water infiltration while you’re at it?

Guest Blog

Forage Matters: Cover Crops, Grazing & Nitrogen Fixation

By James Rogers posted on May 4, 2026 | Posted in Grazing

Legumes do have the ability, when conditions are right, to fix large amounts of nitrogen, no doubt about that. To capture the most of that fixed nitrogen, the legume should be cycled back into the soil through plant decay or by grazing and cycling through the animal and back to the soil.

What are YOU Using to Seed Cover Crops? Join the Discussion...

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 30, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices

My question — and the responses that come from it — are going to be used for a story about cover crop seeding methods.

I Am Coming to Visit YOUR Farm this Summer

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 28, 2026

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.