Cover Crops
The shift to El Nino brings several changes to the upcoming winter.
The National Cover Crop Survey sheds light on the various benefits.
Eighty percent of U.S. growers participating in the 2022-23 National Cover Crop Survey report trying cover crops. Two Indiana farmers share what they’ve learned along the way and some recommendations.
Managing multiple production systems is the last step to precision farming
The new cover crop seeder option provides economical one-pass planting and incorporation with the Rolling Harrow soil conditioner by itself, or combined with a lead tillage tool for enhanced residue sizing and tillage.
Running a vertical tool now can help break up tracks and ruts your harvest equipment left behind. It can also help you address volunteer corn -- yes, it’s likely to be a problem based on corn lost during harvest.
Changes in cropping rotations and the growing popularity of cover crops have focused attention on a new generation of box drills.
Participants who seek this one-time, voluntary termination do not have to repay rental payments. But they must make requests for voluntary termination in writing through their local USDA office.
A dust storm rippled through the Midwest late last week, followed by rain in some parts and continued heat in others. This weather event highlights soil safeguarding needs, according to Conservation Agronomist Roberts.
Scientists in Ohio are testing a new product to be mounted on the rear of combines, effectively killing weed seeds on-site to reduce weed populations year-over-year.
In 2021, the first year the program was made available, producers enrolled 12.2 million acres of cover crops in PCCP, capturing a collective $59.5 million in premium subsidies.
Evaluate cropping choices on physical, natural and human factors.
For many years, climate activists have criticized agriculture and farmers as part of the climate change problem, ultimately determining laws that inhibit our work. Yet we are in fact a part of the solution.
On Tuesday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack rang in on AgriTalk to share agriculture’s angle in the BBB plan with host Chip Flory.
When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility that makes it easy to love.
Never is the human environment more significant than when you begin cover cropping, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie.
Rather than panicking about an environmental doomsday, let’s embrace the ability of technology and the willingness of farmers to make our world a better place.
Brian Doerr recently introduced regenerative agriculture practices, including cover crops, on his family’s Nebraska farm. He details his decision-making and implementation steps here.
Research shows that success with conservation practices is optimized with a targeted, stepwise approach.
Farmers will need to take into consideration the cover crop, timing, weather and stage of growth, says an Ohio seedsman.
Researchers try to tease out what makes some areas more inclined to plant cover crops.
The program will be introduced initially to row-crop farmers in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
Derek Martin has transformed a 6,000-acre farming operation from an input-guzzling leviathan to a profit-per-acre force.
The eastern half of the U.S. is plagued by 50 million acres of fragipan soil. Light in color, fragipan often starts at 1’ to 2’ below the surface and roughly averages 2’ to 4’ in thickness.
Mikey Taylor’s 110-acre block of cover crops has attracted pickers from multiple states and yielded a bounty of blessing.
Cover crops are a bustling industry within agriculture, but, the cover crop drumbeat is also met with skepticism or opposition, and some producers point toward the fallacy of blanket acceptance.
In a matter of a few short years, you can undo more than 100 years of work. How? For each 1” of topsoil that is eroded, it takes at least 100 years to regenerate.
Learn how to save labor, fuel and equipment costs with this conservation practice.