Iowa Soybean Association

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Cover Crop Business Accelerator Program Now Accepting Applications

PFI and ISA program helps cover crop businesses grow to serve more farmers

June 16, 2025 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Practical Farmers of Iowa

To support cover crop adoption in the Midwest, Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Iowa Soybean Association are offering their Cover Crop Business Accelerator (CCBA) program.

A Question for All Cover Croppers — Can This Really Work?

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 31, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

I want to hear from farmers across all regions about why this innovative cover crop seeding method would or would not work on your farm. Sound off cover croppers — what’s the verdict?

Iowa Leads Statewide Push Toward National Cover Crop Goal of 30 Million Acres

May 29, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

The Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance are leading a statewide push toward a national cover crop goal of 30 million acres.

Multi-Year Cover Crop Project Aims to Quantify Changes in Soil Health

By Anthony Martin posted on March 25, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Iowa Soybean Association

Improved soil health, reduction in chemical and fertilizer needs, field workability and yield are all points of discussion with cover crops. For some farmers in Iowa, cover crops have been adopted and thrive as a management practice. Other farmers still have questions about the overall benefits and risks surrounding the practice.

Farmers for Soil Health Enrollment Deadline Extended to March 15

March 5, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Farmers now have until March 15 to enroll in Farmers for Soil Health, a new cover crop cost share program that pays up to $50/acre over three years for new cover crop acres. Farmers who have planted cover crops previously are eligible for $2/acre.

Cover Cropper Wayne Fredericks Remembered as Catalyst for Conservation

February 9, 2024

Source: American Soybean Association

Iowa no-tiller and cover cropper Wayne Fredericks, known for conservation leadership in the soybean industry, died Feb. 7 after a long battle with cancer.

National Collaboration Aims to Catalyze Cover Crop Adoption

The Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance are leading a statewide push toward a national cover crop goal of 30 million acres.

December 19, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Three Iowa ag partners are leading a statewide effort to increase the adoption of cover crops, an erosion-prevention and water quality practice, as part of a national program called Farmers for Soil Health.

[Podcast] Camelina Cover Crop Improves Soil Health, Crop Productivity & Profit

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, Oliver Peoples, president and CEO of Metabolix Yield 10 Bioscience company, discusses camelina, its benefits as a cool-season cover crop and potential incentives for farmers to grow camelina.

August 25, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, Oliver Peoples, president and CEO of Metabolix Yield 10 Bioscience company, discusses camelina, its benefits as a cool-season cover crop and potential incentives for farmers to grow camelina.

[Podcast] Best Practices for Aerial Seeding Cover Crops

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, listen to a popular presentation from a previous National Cover Crop Summit featuring Dean Sponheim.

August 10, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies Podcast, brought to you by Go Seed, listen to a popular presentation from a previous National Cover Crop Summit featuring Dean Sponheim.

[Video] Cover Crop Termination Timing

July 14, 2021 | Posted in Termination

In this video from the Iowa Soybean Association, Teresa Middleton discusses when to terminate cover crops, the benefits of cover crops, achieving substantial amounts of biomass, and more.