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Cover Crops Gave Me My Summers Back

By Kendra Downing posted on July 10, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health, Termination

This past weekend as I was helping my friend weed her small flower garden, I reflected on the many hours of my life I have spent pulling weeds.

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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 Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: June 13, 2025

By Mackane Vogel posted on June 13, 2025

Cover Crop Strategies editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week.

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.

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.

Cereal Rye Cover Crop vs. Giant Ragweed

By Rodrigo Werle and Guilherme Chudzik posted on January 2, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: WiscWeeds

A field study was conducted to determine the amount of dry cereal rye cover crop biomass needed to suppress giant ragweed density and growth. The study was conducted in 2022 and 2023 at the Rock County Farm near Janesville, Wis.

Cover Crops & Narrow Rows Boost Weed Control in Soybeans

By Emily Unglesbee posted on May 26, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: GROW IWM

If your soybean herbicide program needs a new wingman or two, Justine Fisher has two suggestions: cover crops and narrow soybean rows.

Biomass is Key to Weed Suppression with Cover Crops

July 13, 2020 | Posted in Termination

Source: Iowa State University Extension

One important benefit of cover crops to our production system is providing an alternative selection pressure on weed populations. Cereal rye has the best potential to suppress weeds because it accumulates more biomass than other cover crop species. Read more in this article from Iowa State University Extension.