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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: September 18, 2026

By Kendra Downing posted on September 18, 2026

This Week's Lineup:

What Farmers Need to Change for 2027
Growing Cover Crops Differently: The Paul Davis Method
Cover Crop Lessons from the Front Range
Strip-Tilling Beans into Cereal Rye
The Fight Against Waterhemp

Using a Single Cover Crop Species for Weed Control

By Cover Crop Strategies Staff posted on July 30, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

No-tiller Tony Peirick keeps it simple with one cover crop species: cereal rye.

How to Manage Cover Crops, Residual Herbicides, and Soil Moisture for Weed Control in the Great Plains

March 2, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

Source: GROW (Getting Rid Of Weeds)

Two crucial factors are limiting weed control options and pushing no-till farmers in the Central Great Plains into a corner: herbicide resistance and water availability.

Smother, Suppress, Succeed: Using Cover Crops for Weed Control

November 4, 2025 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Source: Purdue University Extension

Weeds continue to be increasingly challenging each year with herbicide resistance concerns on the rise, persistent challenging environmental conditions, and further spreading across the state (particularly with waterhemp). As a result, it is not viable to rely solely on herbicides for successful weed management anymore.

Even With Minimal Biomass, Cereal Rye's Allelopathic Effect Suppresses Weeds in No-Till Soybeans

By Michaela Paukner posted on July 26, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

Jim Stute says data from his latest trial makes the case for the rye’s ability to hold back weeds, even with minimal biomass.

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Precision Technology Can Help Cover Crop Growers Manage Weeds with Ease

By Dan Crummett posted on July 23, 2025 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions, Soil Health

Managing weeds has always been a hot button issue for cover crop growers, especially for herbicide-resistant weed species. Lots of new precision technology has been released in the past few years in an attempt to make this issue easier for growers.

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Cover Crops Bolster Systems Approach to No-Till Weed Management

Growers can tackle weed pressure & herbicide resistance with covers and help from many other ‘little hammers’

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 28, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health, Termination

Weeds continue to be one of the most yield-limiting factors in no-till crop production, but thankfully, there are new ways of dealing with them when the right tools are sought out and used.

Considerations for Weed Control Before Early Cover Crop Seedings

By Dwight Lingenfelter and John Wallace posted on August 26, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: PennState University Extension

Consider herbicide carryover injury potential and rotation interval restrictions when seeding cover crops this fall.

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When Is the Best Time to Terminate Cereal Rye to Suppress Weeds & Protect No-Till Soybean Yield?

1st year of research shows that between 7-14 days after soybean emergence, rye increases weed suppression by 5.3% per day but hurts yield by about ½ bushel per day

By Michaela Paukner posted on April 24, 2024 | Posted in Termination

74% of the farmers who responded to the 2024 Cover Crops Operational Practices Survey say cover crops provide at least some level of weed suppression in their fields.

Glyphosate Declines in Weed Control Over 25 Years, Cover Crops Stay Strong

By Lauren Quinn posted on February 21, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: ACES NEWS Illinois

Although glyphosate provided superior weed control in the early years, most of the weeds in the dataset showed signs of adaptation to the chemical in just two to three years.