Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024

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. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Saddle Butte Ag.

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Soil Health

Deeper Roots, Surface Residue from Cover Crops Battle Drought

With proper termination timing, cover crops benefit cash crops during dry years

By Mackane Vogel posted on April 24, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Termination

Drought continues to be a concern for many growers especially for much of the midwest and southern United States, as is depicted in the soil moisture conditions map.

News Release

Growers Needed for Soil Health Focus Groups at University of Missouri

March 14, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

The University of Missouri's Center for Regenerative Agriculture is recruiting a few more producers to participate in focus groups discussing soil health.

Missouri Growers Use Cover Crops to Replenish Nutrients, Improve Soil Structure

By Ceilidh Kern posted on November 29, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Missouri Independent

The positives of planting cover crops include supporting the local environment and making crops more productive and climate-resilient. Thanks to cover crops, no-till and crop rotation, Willott says his farm still had a fairly good harvest despite this year’s drought, extreme heat and flooding.

[Podcast] 4 Alternative Cover Crops to Try on Your Farm with Rob Myers

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, listen to Rob Myers, director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at the University of Missouri, as he discusses 4 alternative cover crops.

October 27, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by SOURCE® from Sound Agriculture, listen to Gary Zimmer giving a presentation at his farm in Spring Green, Wis.

Videos

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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