https://www.covercropstrategies.com/rss en-us kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Project 101: Planting a World Record Cover Crop Drone Seeding Trial Cover Crop Financial Incentives and Managing Risk Creating a Future for Farmers Through Cover Crops Boosting the Bottom Line by Grazing Cover Crops This Week's Lineup:

• Project 101: Planting a World Record Cover Crop
• Drone Seeding Trial
• Cover Crop Financial Incentives and Managing Risk
• Creating a Future for Farmers Through Cover Crops
• Boosting the Bottom Line by Grazing Cover Crops

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4071 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4071-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-october-2-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month, September 2026. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4074 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4074-top-10-cover-crop-stories-in-september-2026 ccs-top-10.png The USDA said it will be using NRCS’s locally led conservation model to allow State Technical Advisory Committees to add conservation practices that reflect local resource concerns, production systems, and producer needs. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4072 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:52:02 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4072-usda-boosting-investment-in-regenerative-pilot-program Each week our editors will bring you data from our annual No-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Survey. Continue reading and check back weekly for the next set of valuable data. No-Till Farmer Operational Benchmark Survey. Continue reading and check back weekly for the next set of valuable data.]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3567 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3567-cover-crop-insights CCS_Cover-Crop-Insights_1080x567.png BASF Agricultural Solutions announced organizational and leadership changes designed to further strengthen its customer focus, simplify decision-making processes and support the company's continued transformation into a standalone business. BASF Agricultural Solutions announced organizational and leadership changes designed to further strengthen its customer focus, simplify decision-making processes and support the company's continued transformation into a standalone business.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4069 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4069-basf-agricultural-solutions-announces-new-us-leader-and-organizational-changes In 2025, ADM’s regenerative agriculture programs engaged more than 56,000 farmers across approximately 4.6 million acres, 11 countries and 10 crops, resulting in approximately 946,000 metric tons of CO₂e reductions. In 2025, ADM’s regenerative agriculture programs engaged more than 56,000 farmers across approximately 4.6 million acres, 11 countries and 10 crops, resulting in approximately 946,000 metric tons of CO₂e reductions.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4070 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4070-adm-regenerative-ag-report-finds-growing-resilience-across-food-system ADM report.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Feeding the Soil Seeding a Cover Crop Following Barley Cover Crop Economics Interseeding Cover Crops Making Conservation Farming Practices Affordable This Week's Lineup:

• Feeding the Soil
• Seeding a Cover Crop Following Barley
• Cover Crop Economics
• Interseeding Cover Crops
• Making Conservation Farming Practices Affordable

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4066 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4066-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-september-25-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png BASF and Bunge announced that Bunge will process InVigor Gold™ canola seed, BASF’s breakthrough canola-quality Brassica juncea hybrid. This represents a key step toward commercialization as BASF prepares for the U.S. launch in 2027. BASF and Bunge announced that Bunge will process InVigor Gold™ canola seed, BASF’s breakthrough canola-quality Brassica juncea hybrid. This represents a key step toward commercialization as BASF prepares for the U.S. launch in 2027.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4067 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4067-basfs-invigor-gold-canola-seed-to-be-processed-by-bunge-supporting-commercialization-in-north-america lessitef@lesspub.com At the 2010 National No-Tillage Conference, Howard Buffet challenged farmers to grow more grains and meat to help feed an ever-growing world population. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/blogs/1/post/4065 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/blogs/1-covering-cover-crops/post/4065-what-does-no-till-have-to-do-with-a-trillion-dollar-conglomerates-chairman-retiring Howard-Buffet-2010-NNTC-keynote.jpg At the 2010 National No-Tillage Conference, Howard Buffet challenged farmers to grow more grains and meat to help feed an ever-growing world population. kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: What Farmers Need to Change for 2027 Growing Cover Crops Differently: The Paul Davis Method Cover Crop Lessons from the Front Range Strip-Tilling Beans into Cereal Rye The Fight Against Waterhemp This Week's Lineup:

• What Farmers Need to Change for 2027
• Growing Cover Crops Differently: The Paul Davis Method
• Cover Crop Lessons from the Front Range
• Strip-Tilling Beans into Cereal Rye
• The Fight Against Waterhemp

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4063 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4063-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-september-18-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png Results of the 2026 National Cover Crop Report released Sept. 1 at the Farm Progress Show indicate strong interest in cover crops among many farmers who produce a wide range of crops and livestock. Results of the 2026 National Cover Crop Report released Sept. 1 at the Farm Progress Show indicate strong interest in cover crops among many farmers who produce a wide range of crops and livestock.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4062 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4062-2026-national-cover-crop-report-show-continued-expansion-of-cover-crop-use-including-cover-crop-grazing-use-of-drones-and-planting-patterns mvogel@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Using Cover Crops to Reduce Inputs Seeding Cover Crops Efficiently How Strip Till and Cover Crops Work Together The Cover Crop Math No One Else is Doing Cover Crop Acres Increasing Nationwide This Week's Lineup:

• Using Cover Crops to Reduce Inputs
• Seeding Cover Crops Efficiently
• How Strip Till and Cover Crops Work Together
• The Cover Crop Math No One Else is Doing
• Cover Crop Acres Increasing Nationwide

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4061 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4061-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-september-11-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png In 2025, 38 farmers across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin tracked whether they could work fields with a history of cover crop use each week from spring through fall. Farmers recorded whether field and weather conditions allowed them to work their fields for most of the day. In 2025, 38 farmers across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin tracked whether they could work fields with a history of cover crop use each week from spring through fall. Farmers recorded whether field and weather conditions allowed them to work their fields for most of the day.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4057 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:15:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4057-pfi-farmers-test-whether-cover-crops-help-them-get-in-the-field-sooner PFI Days Suitable for Fieldwork - PHOTO.JPG mvogel@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Seeding Rate Decision Making for Cover Crops The Living Soil — What 5 Soils & A Rainfall Simulator Reveal About Soil Health Cover Crop Planting Methods for Vegetable Farmers 2026 National Cover Crop Survey — What's New with Cover Crop Data & Trends Weed Management Tools, Timing & Other Cover Crop Tips This Week's Lineup:

• Seeding Rate Decision Making for Cover Crops
• The Living Soil — What 5 Soils & A Rainfall Simulator Reveal About Soil Health
• Cover Crop Planting Methods for Vegetable Farmers
• 2026 National Cover Crop Survey — What's New with Cover Crop Data & Trends
• Weed Management Tools, Timing & Other Cover Crop Tips

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4054 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4054-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-september-4-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month, August 2026. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4051 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4051-top-10-cover-crop-stories-in-august-2026 ccs-top-10.png mvogel@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: The Ripple Effect of Diverse Cover Crops Challenges of Cover Crops, No-Till & Rented Ground 3 Farmers Will Compete on Survivor Season 51 Ask Me Anything About Fall Cover Crops Bigger Biomass, Better Soils & Stronger Returns — Mastering Cover Crops This Week's Lineup:

• The Ripple Effect of Diverse Cover Crops
• Challenges of Cover Crops, No-Till & Rented Ground
• 3 Farmers Will Compete on Survivor Season 51
• Ask Me Anything About Fall Cover Crops
• Bigger Biomass, Better Soils & Stronger Returns — Mastering Cover Crops

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4049 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4049-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-august-28-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png mvogel@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: How Cover Crops & No-Till Can Help Increase Farm Profitability Cover Crops & Cattle: Frequently Asked Questions Cover Crops After Corn Silage Companion Planting & Cover Crops Drone Seeding Cover Crops This Week's Lineup:

• How Cover Crops & No-Till Can Help Increase Farm Profitability
• Cover Crops & Cattle: Frequently Asked Questions
• Cover Crops After Corn Silage
• Companion Planting & Cover Crops
• Drone Seeding Cover Crops

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4047 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:43:31 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4047-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-august-21-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Cover Crops Impacts of Cover Crops in the Maumee River Watershed Building a More Resilient Farm Business with Cover Crops Cover Crops Increase Profit in Iowa "Wheat Pete" Talks Extreme Weather and Cover Crops This Week's Lineup:

• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Cover Crops
• Impacts of Cover Crops in the Maumee River Watershed
• Building a More Resilient Farm Business with Cover Crops
• Cover Crops Increase Profit in Iowa
• "Wheat Pete" Talks Extreme Weather and Cover Crops

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4041 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:24:07 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4041-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-august-14-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png In 2025, more than 2,400 farmers received $10 million in PFI cost-share to plant cover crops on more than 900,000 acres. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4042 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4042-applications-open-for-pfi-program-that-helps-cover-crops-pencil-out PFI's Cover Crop Cost-Share - Photo.JPG kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Drone Seeding Cover Crops Cover Crop Seed Prices Regenerative Farming's Third Iteration Cover Crops After Wheat Cover Cropping The Future This Week's Lineup:

• Drone Seeding Cover Crops
• Cover Crop Seed Prices
• Regenerative Farming's Third Iteration
• Cover Crops After Wheat
• Cover Cropping The Future

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4037 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4037-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-august-7-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month, June 2026. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4038 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4038-top-10-cover-crop-stories-in-july-2026 ccs-top-10.png How can growers turn verified environmental outcomes into immediate financial assets? This article is brought to you by Arva. How can growers turn verified environmental outcomes into immediate financial assets? This article is brought to you by Arva.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4036 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4036-using-precision-data-to-bridge-the-gap-between-soil-health-and-crop-economics Drone_Combine_Arva Research Farms30.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: National Association of Soil Conservation District Anniversary Cover Crops in Row Crops and Livestock Systems Growing Rye, Vetch and Planting Green: Linus Rothermich's Cover Crop Journey The Economics of Better Soil Talking Crop: Thinking Ahead to Cover Crop Establishment This Week's Lineup:

• National Association of Soil Conservation District Anniversary
• Cover Crops in Row Crops and Livestock Systems
• Growing Rye, Vetch and Planting Green: Linus Rothermich's Cover Crop Journey
• The Economics of Better Soil
• Talking Crop: Thinking Ahead to Cover Crop Establishment

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4019 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4019-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-july-31-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png Cover crops and soil residual herbicides can make a powerful weed control duo, but only if those herbicides actually reach the soil. Penn State, Virginia Tech, and University of Delaware researchers recently examined how much cover crops (and cover crop management) can prevent herbicides from reaching the soil, as well as which herbicide chemistries are more likely to wash-off cover crops through rainfall. Cover crops and soil residual herbicides can make a powerful weed control duo, but only if those herbicides actually reach the soil. Penn State, Virginia Tech, and University of Delaware researchers recently examined how much cover crops (and cover crop management) can prevent herbicides from reaching the soil, as well as which herbicide chemistries are more likely to wash-off cover crops through rainfall.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4022 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4022-planting-green-you-may-need-to-adjust-your-residual-herbicide-program The University of Delaware team applies herbicides over roll-crimped cover crops at their study site. (Photo credit: Mark VanGessel's Lab, University of Delaware) kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Young Leaders Conduct Cover Crop Experiment Illinois Farmers Recognized For Conservation Efforts Cover Crop Economic Decision Tool Long-Term Cover Crop Lessons Using Cover Crops to Increase Grazing Opportunities This Week's Lineup:

• Young Leaders Conduct Cover Crop Experiment
• Illinois Farmers Recognized For Conservation Efforts
• Cover Crop Economic Decision Tool
• Long-Term Cover Crop Lessons
• Using Cover Crops to Increase Grazing Opportunities

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4016 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4016-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-july-24-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png New investments support entrepreneurs working to advance food systems, climate resilience, regenerative agriculture, supply chain transparency, sustainability measurement and guest experience innovation. New investments support entrepreneurs working to advance food systems, climate resilience, regenerative agriculture, supply chain transparency, sustainability measurement and guest experience innovation.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4011 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:24:38 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4011-chipotles-cultivate-next-fund-invests-in-six-emerging-companies-building-a-more-resilient-food-system Annual legumes are back on the table — and not just as a cover crop footnote. Annual legumes are back on the table — and not just as a cover crop footnote.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4012 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:53:36 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4012-annual-legumes-more-than-just-free-nitrogen Industry veteran Doug Daws appointed Weed-It USA general manager as Rometron builds on the strong precision agriculture foundation established by AgriTech America. Industry veteran Doug Daws appointed Weed-It USA general manager as Rometron builds on the strong precision agriculture foundation established by AgriTech America.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4013 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:12:12 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4013-rometron-establishes-weed-it-usa-to-expand-precision-spraying-support-for-us-growers Weed-It USA logo.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Boosting Your Bottom Line With Cover Crops Converting A Weed Into a Cover Crop Interseeding Cover Crops With a Drone Cover Crop Economics Winter Pea Cover Crop Development This Week's Lineup:

• Boosting Your Bottom Line With Cover Crops
• Converting A Weed Into a Cover Crop
• Interseeding Cover Crops With a Drone
• Cover Crop Economics
• Winter Pea Cover Crop Development

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4008 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4008-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-july-17-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png A July 22 webinar features Iowa State University’s Shelby Gruss and Matthew Helmers in a Beyond the Basics live dialogue about extending cover crop benefits to include value from forage opportunities. A July 22 webinar features Iowa State University’s Shelby Gruss and Matthew Helmers in a Beyond the Basics live dialogue about extending cover crop benefits to include value from forage opportunities.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4010 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4010-iowa-learning-farms-webinar-talking-about-cover-crops-as-forage-feed-sources image001 (1).jpg