Next Year's Cover Crop Success Starts in Spring

Adjust spring plans now to make next fall’s cover crops work better.

By Don Donovan posted on November 6, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Farm Progress

Start treating your cover crops and cash crops as a system that must work together to change your soil and start a soil health journey to success.

Cover Crop Decisions Heavily Dependent on Moisture Levels

By Stan Wise posted on July 24, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Cover crops offer a wide range of potential benefits for producers – better nutrient cycling, more weed suppression, more livestock forage, better soil structure, increased soil organic matter and healthier soil microbial communities. To reap those benefits, producers need to make some careful decisions.

Short-Season Corn Hybrids Could Expand Cover-Crop Seeding Window

Recent improvements to early-season corn hybrids could help no-tillers raise 200-bushel crops, seed cover crops earlier and capitalize on price advantages.

By John Dobberstein posted on July 1, 2013 | Posted in Seeding Practices

One obstacle to cover-crop adoption in cooler northern climates has been the typically narrow window for getting covers quickly seeded and established after corn harvest to capture benefits to no-till soils.

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Planter Setup Tips for Planting into a Green, Living Cover Crop

This week we’re going to hear from Dodge County, Wis., no-tiller Tony Peirick as he shares some key tips for setting up a planter to plant green into a living cover crop. This video comes to us courtesy of University of Wisconsin’s Integrated Pest and Crop Management program.

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