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April 25, 2025

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: April 25, 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. Read More
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Degenerative or Regenerative Ag

Let’s head south now to Fort Myers, Fla., for the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association convention. Mach CEO Colin Hurd served as technology chair for the event. Read More
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2025 National Cover Crop Survey Release

More than 650 farm advisors from across the U.S. participated in a survey on cover crops, shining light on how they advise growers on cover crops. A report on the survey was released this week by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), USDA SARE Program, and the American Seed Trade Association. Read More
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Research & Conservation: Reviewing the 2023 Illinois Dust Storm

This article reviews research into the tragic 2023 dust storm and connects it to conservation investments to address soil erosion. Read More
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USDA Sends Out Long-Awaited Disaster Funds

The USDA announced $340 million in disaster assistance will go out to help farmers, ranchers and rural communities across the country devastated by natural disasters. Read More
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Global Fertilizer Markets Face Yet Another Challenging Year

A new RaboResearch report reveals that global fertilizer prices are trending upward, resulting in reduced affordability and squeezing farmers’ purchasing power amid market instability and uncertainties. Read More
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Cover Crops Provide an Often-Overlooked Reduction in Soil Carbon Erosion, Study Finds

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that’s underestimated in considering the carbon sequestration potential of cover crops, according to a new study by an Iowa State University ecologist. Read More

Evaluating Alfalfa Stands for Profit in 2025

It’s helpful to know the process of objectively evaluating an alfalfa stand’s condition to know if it is good enough to keep, says University of Wisconsin Extension. Read More
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Sifting Through the Best Roundtable Tips & Ideas from Conferences

Here are over 40 actionable ideas, tips and observations from the most recent roundtable discussions at the National Strip-Tillage and No-Tillage Conferences. Read More

How 2024’s Gannon Space Storm Could Still Affect Farmers

Kansas State University Extension precision ag economist Terry Griffin shares his opinion on whether or not farmers and ranchers will experience mass GNSS and GPS outages in the future caused by extreme solar weather. Read More

Tips for Alfalfa Weevil Management

Pest managers should be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva. Growing degree day estimates (see map below) indicate that hatch has begun. Read More

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2025 National Cover Crop Survey Release

2025 National Cover Crop Survey Release

More than 650 farm advisors from across the U.S. participated in a survey on cover crops, shining light on how they advise growers on cover crops. A report on the survey was released this week by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), USDA SARE Program, and the American Seed Trade Association.

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