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[Podcast] Making Dollars & Sense Out of Cover Crops

January 26, 2022 | Posted in Economics

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Montag Manufacturing, features Jim Hoorman, Hoorman Soil Health Services, Ohio. Hoorman will discuss the costs of tillage and soil compaction, cover crop costs, the dollar value of soil organic matter and more.

[Podcast] Grazing Beef Cattle on Cover Crops Provides Economic Returns

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Montag Manufacturing, features Dan Shike, Associate Professor, Animal Science, University of Illinois. Shike will discuss the benefits cover crop grazing can offer livestock producers, the planning needed to incorporate covers into a beef operation, how grazing cover crops affects soil health, and more.

January 14, 2022 | Posted in Grazing

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Montag Manufacturing, features Dan Shike, Associate Professor, Animal Science, University of Illinois. Shike will discuss the benefits cover crop grazing can offer livestock producers, the planning needed to incorporate covers into a beef operation, how grazing cover crops affects soil health, and more.

[Video] Economics of Using Drought-Stressed Crops for Livestock

October 4, 2021 | Posted in Economics

Sara Bauder, Field Agronomist with South Dakota State University Extension, talks with Jack Davis, Crop Economics Specialist with SDSU and Dan Forgey, a grower from Gettysburg, SD, about the economic benefits of utilizing drought-stressed crops as forage for livestock.

2021 National Cover Crop Summit: Fall Edition

Never Stop Learning at the Fall Cover Crop Summit

Experienced growers who use cover crops and industry experts to share their insights on a variety of topics at the National Cover Crop Summit: Fall 2021 Edition, Nov. 16-17.

October 4, 2021

This free, 2-day virtual event on Nov. 16-17 will feature 8 sessions sharing ideas, tips and information from crop industry experts and growers who have experience using cover crops to maximize economic and soil-health building benefits.

Cover Crops Offset Risk Improving Bottom Line

July 23, 2021 | Posted in Economics

Source: Waukon Standard

Producers should seek to protect themselves from market volatility by finding innovative practices that add to their bottom line. Cover crops might be the answer. Read more in this article from the Waukon Standard (Waukon, Iowa).

[Podcast] Making Cover Crops Make Cents

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Bio Till Cover Crops, features Michael Langemeier, Agricultural Economics professor, Purdue University. Langemeier will discuss how growers can fit cover crops into their cropping budgets, how cover crops can add revenue, what costs can be reduced by implementing covers, and more.

March 31, 2021 | Posted in Economics

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Bio Till Cover Crops, features Michael Langemeier, Agricultural Economics professor, Purdue University. Langemeier will discuss how growers can fit cover crops into their cropping budgets, how cover crops can add revenue, what costs can be reduced by implementing covers, and more.

[Video] The Business of Cover Crops

August 10, 2020 | Posted in Economics

Cover crops now are grown on 4% of Iowa acres. How can farmers balance the environmental factors of cover crops with the economics? Find out what the benefits of cover crops are to your farm business in this video from Iowa Learning Farms.