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Agronomic Tips for No-Tillers & Cover Croppers

By Mackane Vogel posted on September 18, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Investing in Regenerative Ag

We are still combing through all the great content we captured at Farm Progress Show this year and this week we are looking at a clip from Cody Hornaday, a technical agronomist with Koch Agronomic Services, as he explains a few tips that no-tillers and cover croppers should keep in mind for unlocking phosphorus in their soils.

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New National Cover Crop Survey Highlights Benefits of Grazing with Virtual Fencing

By Mackane Vogel posted on September 4, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Investing in Regenerative Ag

I'm standing in the green cover cover crop plots. And while we're about to talk with Keith Burns, get a little tour of what's going on behind me, first, I want to talk with Ryan Heininger and Rob Myers about the newly released National Cover Crop Survey Report and some of the most interesting data that's come out from that so far.

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Cover Crop Planting & Termination Best Practices

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 21, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Investing in Regenerative Ag

We are at the Bayer Research Farm in New Berlin, Illinois in front of the long-term sustainability plots where our attendees are getting an up close look at the long-term benefits of cover crops.

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Cover Crop Benefits on Display in Bayer’s Long Term Sustainability Plots

By Mackane Vogel posted on August 7, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs, Investing in Regenerative Ag

We are at the Bayer Research Farm in New Berlin, Illinois in front of the long-term sustainability plots where our attendees are getting an up close look at the long-term benefits of cover crops.

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Counting Down the Days Until the 35th Annual National No-Tillage Conference

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 31, 2026 | Posted in Agriculture Policy & Programs

The National No-Tillage Conference is always full of great presentations about no-till, cover crops and all things conservation ag and the upcoming 2027 National No-Tillage Conference will be the 35th year of the event.

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Smart Manure Aeration System ‘Fits Like a Glove,’ for No-Till & Cover Crop Users

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 17, 2026 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Earlier this summer I caught up with Pennsylvania no-tiller Grant Troop and he filled me in on a unique Smart Manure Aeration System that puts dollars and time back in the pockets of no-tillers and he even refers to it as “a soil health dream.”

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Rick Matt Shares Preview of Upcoming National Cover Crop Summit Presentation

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 30, 2026 | Posted in Grazing, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Iowa no-tiller Rick Matt will be presenting at this year's National Cover Crop Summit. In this video, he gives a short preview of what audience members can learn from his session titled "Covers & Critters: Integrating Livestock on Summer Annuals."

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No-Tiller with Perfect NNTC Attendance Shares Cover Crop Lessons Learned

By Mackane Vogel posted on January 16, 2026 | Posted in Economics, Investing in Regenerative Ag

You can count on one hand the number of people who have attended each and every single one of our now 34 National No-Tillage Conferences. Cole Camp, Mo., no-tiller Bryan Von Holten is one of them and I had a chance to catch up with him in between sessions last week in St. Louis.

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Cover Crop Education at National No-Tillage Conference

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 18, 2025 | Posted in Economics, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Cover crops are sure to be a hot topic at this year’s National No-Tillage Conference. So here’s Minnesota no-tiller and cover cropper Tom Cotter to give a brief preview about his presentation at the conference, plus why he finds the event so valuable as an attendee.

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A Father-Son Cover Crop Business

By Mackane Vogel posted on December 6, 2025 | Posted in Economics

Many of you are familiar with Iowa no-tiller and Executive Director of the Conservation Technology Information Center, Ryan Heiniger. Recently I had a chance to chat with Ryan and his son Matt - who is currently a senior in high school — about the new cover crop business they started this summer called Clear Water Cover Crops.