Using Cover Crops for a Successful Organic No-Till System

By Chris Torres posted on February 6, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

At Mason’s Heritage Farm in Queen Anne’s County, Md., cover crops are just as important as corn and soybeans, and then some.

Using Drones to Aerial Seed Covers

April 5, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Waukon Standard

Harpers Ferry farmer Jon Kruse utilized a unique method of planting cover crops this past fall - a drone. September 16, Kruse hired a private contractor, to fly a drone over standing soybeans to seed red clover as a cover crop. Read more in this article from the Waukon Standard (Waukon, IA).

Timing, Predators Affect Aerial Cover Crop Seeding

January 12, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

An experienced ag pilot says flying on covers in northern climates too early can starve the seeds for sunlight or leave them prey to slugs and earthworms.

2020 National Cover Crop Summit: Fall Edition

Aerial Seeding Can Be an Effective Cover Crop Seeding Method

A Wisconsin farmer and Certified Crop Advisor speaks during the online National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2020 Edition about why aerial seeding can work for growers.

October 9, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Harvest season is a busy time. There is so much for a grower to organize, manage and stay on top of that adding one more thing during the season — like seeding cover crops — may seem way too daunting.

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An Accidental Cover Crop Experiment

Georgetown, Del., no-tiller Jay Baxter was planning on conducting a cover crop experiment with oats, but when Mother Nature got in the way, he quickly pivoted to another idea for a different type of cover crop experiment.

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