https://www.covercropstrategies.com/rss en-us 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, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3567-cover-crop-insights CCS_Cover-Crop-Insights_1080x567.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: The Soil is Living! Adding Winter Lentils to Your Toolbox Busting Five Cover Crop Myths Seeding Cover Crops and Harvesting -- All in One Pass Soybean Harvest and a Wheat Cover Crop This Week's Lineup:

• The Soil is Living!
• Adding Winter Lentils to Your Toolbox
• Busting Five Cover Crop Myths
• Seeding Cover Crops and Harvesting -- All in One Pass
• Soybean Harvest and a Wheat Cover Crop

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4085 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4085-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-october-23-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png What happens when beneficial microbes establish within a plant—and why that relationship is central to ENAI’s approach to biologicals. Brought to you by Indigo Agriculture. What happens when beneficial microbes establish within a plant—and why that relationship is central to ENAI’s approach to biologicals. Brought to you by Indigo Agriculture.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4084 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4084-how-endophytes-help-protect-crop-potential ENAI picture 1.jpg This table from Penn State Extension summarizes common fall herbicide options for small grains and the "best bets" for common problem weeds. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4083 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4083-herbicide-recommendations-for-winter-small-grains weeds small grains.webp Weeds germinating in seedling wheat. (D. Lingenfelter, Penn State Weed Science) kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: USDA Refreshes Soil Health Resources Seeding Cover Crops on a Dairy Farm Benefits of Growing a Crop You Can't Sell Making Cover Crop Selections to Meet Your Goals Exploring The Future of Cattle Grazing This Week's Lineup:

• USDA Refreshes Soil Health Resources
• Seeding Cover Crops on a Dairy Farm
• Benefits of Growing a Crop You Can't Sell
• Making Cover Crop Selections to Meet Your Goals
• Exploring The Future of Cattle Grazing

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4082 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4082-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-october-16-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Can We Drill the Rye Before the Rain? Learning From Local Farmers — Sharing Advice and Experiences Making the Most of Every Acre — Cover Crops, Cattle and Goats What Does Cover Crop Carbon Actually Cost and Pay? Seeding Cover Crops on a Vegetable Farm This Week's Lineup:

• Can We Drill the Rye Before the Rain?
• Learning From Local Farmers — Sharing Advice and Experiences
• Making the Most of Every Acre — Cover Crops, Cattle and Goats
• What Does Cover Crop Carbon Actually Cost and Pay?
• Seeding Cover Crops on a Vegetable Farm

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4076 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4076-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-october-9-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png jdobberstein@lesspub.com There are definite payoffs for growers who can ensure the biological degradation process occurs with residue ahead of the next growing season, says Dennis Klockenga. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4077 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4077-whats-at-stake-with-residue-breakdown Residue mgt.jpg An example of corn residue breakdown. Roughly 4 tons of corn residue per acre are left behind by a 180 bushel-per-acre corn crop. 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 A number of factors, including biological and biochemical characteristics of the plant, chemical characteristics of the herbicide, and weather conditions will influence cover crop response to herbicides. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4068 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4068-how-cover-crops-respond-to-various-herbicides 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