https://www.covercropstrategies.com/rss en-us 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 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, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3567-cover-crop-insights CCS_Cover-Crop-Insights_1080x567.png 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 Initial projects, with technical assistance from American Farmland Trust and Ducks Unlimited, will deliver demonstrable improvements in soil health, water quality and carbon sequestration, offering a model for cross-sector collaboration. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4009 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4009-general-mills-adm-walmart-partnering-to-accelerate-regenerative-agriculture 2.png In dryland (rainfed) production in Kansas, winter wheat serves as the base crop, as wheat stubble provides excellent soil cover that minimizes wind and water erosion and stores water for row crops. In dryland (rainfed) production in Kansas, winter wheat serves as the base crop, as wheat stubble provides excellent soil cover that minimizes wind and water erosion and stores water for row crops. 

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4007 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4007-cover-crops-used-to-suppress-weeds-after-wheat-harvest kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: EarthScout L4+ Soil Moisture Sensor Review in Long Term Cover Crops Planting Green into Cereal Rye 193 Pounds of Nitrogen from Cover Crops Role of Cover Crop Biomass The Future of American Agriculture with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Rick Clark This Week's Lineup:

• EarthScout L4+ Soil Moisture Sensor Review in Long Term Cover Crops
• Planting Green into Cereal Rye
• 193 Pounds of Nitrogen from Cover Crops
• Role of Cover Crop Biomass
• The Future of American Agriculture with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Rick Clark

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4003 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4003-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-july-10-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png Following a successful pilot program, FSA is now using a digital appointment platform across the agency to allow producers to make farm program or farm loan appointments online at their convenience. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4004 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4004-usda-launches-new-fsa-online-scheduling-tool-for-farmers-ranchers images.jpg kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Cover Crops Lead to Clean Soybean Field A Decade of Cover Crops in Illinois 45Z Rules and Cover Crops Seeding Cover Crops With Drones Maximizing Field Performance With Cover Crops This Week's Lineup:

• Cover Crops Lead to Clean Soybean Field
• A Decade of Cover Crops in Illinois
• 45Z Rules and Cover Crops
• Seeding Cover Crops With Drones
• Maximizing Field Performance With Cover Crops

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3996 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3996-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-july-3-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners today announced the launch of the Expanding Agroforestry Project (EAP), an effort to help U.S. farmers strengthen their operations, diversify revenue, and improve land health. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners today announced the launch of the Expanding Agroforestry Project (EAP), an effort to help U.S. farmers  strengthen their operations, diversify revenue, and improve land health.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4000 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/4000-farmers-and-nature-to-benefit-from-newly-launched-agroforestry-project ExpandingAgroforestry_project-area.jpg 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/3999 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3999-top-10-cover-crop-stories-in-june-2026 ccs-top-10.png jdobberstein@lesspub.com Jonathan Lundgren, founder of the Ecdysis Foundation, along with Clarksville, Ind. no-tiller Rick Clark, Bluffton, Ga., rancher Will Harris and Foxholm, N.D. farmer Brendon Bock were on hand last Friday as Trump signed the order, which said funding should be “significantly increased” for regenerative agriculture practices, research and education. Jonathan Lundgren, founder of the Ecdysis Foundation, along with Clarksville, Ind. no-tiller Rick Clark, Bluffton, Ga., rancher Will Harris and Foxholm, N.D. farmer Brendon Bock were on hand last Friday as Trump signed the order, which said funding should be “significantly increased” for regenerative agriculture practices, research and education.

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3998 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3998-trumps-executive-order-prioritizes-precision-ag-regenerative-farming Tom-Cotter-interseeding-blended-cover-crops-1.jpg kdowning@lessitermedia.com This Week's Lineup: Using Herbicides in Regenerative Systems Crimping Cereal Rye Boosting Cover Crop Performance Growing Your Own Nitrogen With Hairy Vetch Planting Pumpkins in RYE: A New Experiment This Week's Lineup:

• Using Herbicides in Regenerative Systems
• Crimping Cereal Rye
• Boosting Cover Crop Performance
• Growing Your Own Nitrogen With Hairy Vetch
• Planting Pumpkins in RYE: A New Experiment

]]> http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3989 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3989-cover-crop-strategies-best-of-the-web-june-26-2026 CCS-THIS-WEEK.png jdobberstein@lesspub.com Bayer, which acquired Monsanto several years ago, said lawyers are still analyzing the ruling but added the decision is, “good for science, farmers, and industries that depend on regulatory clarity for innovation,” in a statement posted to the company’s website. http://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3992 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/3992-us-supreme-court-sides-with-bayer-backs-federal-labeling Eye-on-Washington NEW.png