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This topic is dedicated to providing information about how various cover crop species and varieties improve soil biology and soil health to help growers meet their production and environmental goals. Explanations of soil health processes, terminology and trends will also be shared here to provide a greater understanding of the link between cover crops and improved soil biology.

ARTICLES

5 Tips & Strategies for Managing Cover Crops in Spring

With spring just around the corner, check out 5 tips and strategies for spring cover crop management from experienced cover croppers.

By Mackane Vogel posted on March 20, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing, Soil Health, Termination

With spring just around the corner, check out 5 tips and strategies for spring cover crop management from experienced cover croppers.

NCGA Partnership Grant Will Increase Cover Crops, Mitigate Risk

March 17, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: National Corn Growers Association

The National Corn Growers Association looks forward to seeing the next steps that will be taken as a part of the Farmers for Soil Health. NCGA is a founding member of FSH, which was awarded the $95 million grant from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program that makes this work possible.

Tennessee, Mississippi Farmers Use Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health

March 16, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

Air, water, minerals, and organic matter—both living and non-living– are the basic ingredients of soils. They occur in many combinations. And the relative proportions of these ingredients affect how soil behaves, what kinds of plants grow in it, and how well they grow.

No-Tillers, Cover Croppers Win 2023 Regional Conservation Legacy Award

March 13, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: American Soybean Association

The American Soybean Association congratulates the regional winners of the 2023 Conservation Legacy Award.

New MSU Research Helps Better Quantify Soil Carbon Stock Changes

March 13, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

Newly published research from Michigan State University demonstrates how to evaluate soil carbon stock changes more accurately. This calculation has significant implications on measuring the actual environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture practices and economic consequences through emerging carbon markets.

How Does Cover Crop Residue Interact with Soil Residual Herbicides?

March 8, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: GROW

We know cover crops can provide a physical barrier on top of the soil to smother and suppress emerging weeds. But many researchers and farmers worry and wonder how that same physical barrier might influence preemergence soil residual herbicides, which must reach the soil to control emerging weeds.

Indigo Ag Issues 110,000 Credits in Second Carbon Crop

February 23, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Indigo

Indigo Ag today announced the completion of its second carbon crop

Myth Buster: Can Cover Crops Work in Every Climate?

February 23, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: NRDC

Even in states where the growing season is a mere four-and-a-half months long, cover crops can help farmers meet specific on-farm goals that they cannot achieve just by having cash crops in their rotation.

Free Webinar: Planting Green to Suppress Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds

National Cover-Crop Summit Returns March 14-16

February 17, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Attend Jim Stute's upcoming virtual session for the National Cover Crop Summit where you'll learn how planting green fits into an overall resistance management system as well as how rye termination timing impacts weed suppression, soybean development and yield.

Rethinking Crop Rotations to Utilize Cover Crops as Annual Forages

7th generation dairy farmer shares tips for increasing cover crop efficiency, choosing cover crop species & striving for efficient harvest management.

February 13, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Grazing, Soil Health

Daniel Olson has been trying to incorporate cover crops into his Lena, Wis., dairy farm for several years. There is a lot of trial and error that comes with the process, but he says there’s one main thing that has helped him start to have some success.

Free eGuide — Grazing for Soil Health and Getting Cover Crops Into the Mix

EVENTS

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2023 National Strip-Tillage Conference

8/3/23 7:00 am to 8/4/23 11:59 pm CST

Bloomington-Normal Marriott & Conference Center

201 Broadway St

Normal, IL

United States

Contact: Dallas Ziebell

Discover 2-days of cutting-edge ideas, techniques and strategies in Bloomington-Normal, IL, August 3-4, 2023. Join the most innovative, forward-thinking minds in strip-till to raise your level of strip-till profitability, efficiency and efficacy.

2024 National No-Tillage Conference

1/9/24 8:00 am to 1/12/24 12:00 pm EST

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown

350 W Maryland St

Indianapolis, IN

United States

Contact: Dallas Ziebell

For more than a quarter of a century, the National No-Tillage Conference has been providing the practical tips and information you need to run a more successful no-till operation. In our 32nd year, we’re ready to do it again as our event takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, January 9-12, 2024! Read More

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