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Don Donovan

Don Donovan

Don Donovan is a district conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service based in Parke County, Ind. He is a contributor to the Salute Soil Health column that appears regularly in Indiana Prairie Farmer on behalf of the Indiana Conservation Partnership.

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Mixed cover crops in corn stubble

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A cover crop sprouting through soil and crop residue

Making soil health plans one year in advance

Making soil health plans one year in advance

A finger pointing to a tiny seedling in sprouting in soil

6 hurdles to earning cover crop cost-share payment

6 hurdles to earning cover crop cost-share payment

Young cover crops sprouting in a field

Next year’s cover crop success begins in spring

Next year’s cover crop success begins in spring

Cover crops growing in between leftover corn residue

Make cover crops happen this fall

Make cover crops happen this fall

Cows grazing in a pasture

Plant cover crops for emergency forage

Plant cover crops for emergency forage

Dave Brandt

Farm sunlight like Dave did

Farm sunlight like Dave did

wind kicking up loose dust into air

Conservation & Sustainability

Midwest dust storm reminder of earlier days

Midwest dust storm reminder of earlier days

cereal rye cover crop

Make long-term investments in soil health

Make long-term investments in soil health

tractor and planter planting into cover crop

Planting success hinges on 3 things

Planting success hinges on 3 things

ryegrass cover crop

The do’s and don’ts of terminating cover crops

The do’s and don’ts of terminating cover crops

cover crops growing in wheat stubble

Tillage: A natural disaster for your soil

Tillage: A natural disaster for your soil

hand holding a pea seedling

Spring-planted cover crops an option

Spring-planted cover crops an option

tillage equipment

Reducing crop input costs from conservationist’s viewpoint

Reducing crop input costs from conservationist’s viewpoint

stalks of corn showing signs of nitrogen deficiency

Conservation & Sustainability

Stretch nitrogen dollar with these 3 steps

Stretch nitrogen dollar with these 3 steps

seeding cover crops from vertical-tillage tool

There’s still time to seed a cover crop

There’s still time to seed a cover crop

hands holding soil mixing with decaying cover crop roots and residue

‘Soil health journey’ defined

‘Soil health journey’ defined

field of cover crops

Why it pays to plant cover crops early

Why it pays to plant cover crops early

airplane flying on cover crop seed

4 ways to adjust cover crops after late spring

4 ways to adjust cover crops after late spring

cereal rye field

Should you sow variety-specific cereal rye?

Should you sow variety-specific cereal rye?

grass waterway in the middle of a cornfield

Conservation & Sustainability

How to stop pesky gully erosion

How to stop pesky gully erosion

cover crop plots

Follow best management practices when terminating annual ryegrass

Follow best management practices when terminating annual ryegrass

tractor and planter in no-till field

Producing food, protecting environment are long-term challenges

Producing food, protecting environment are long-term challenges

ruts in a field

‘Root out’ soil compaction after wet harvest

‘Root out’ soil compaction after wet harvest

field of green cover crops

Conservation & Sustainability

Good soil holds smell of success

Good soil holds smell of success

no-till corn planted into a cover crop

Cover crop bandwagon picking up speed

Cover crop bandwagon picking up speed

equipment planting into standing green cover crops

Are you ready to begin your soil health journey?

Are you ready to begin your soil health journey?

cereal rye field

Seek answers to cover crop performance on your farm

Seek answers to cover crop performance on your farm

tractor pulling roller-crimper through field of cereal rye

Are you ready to consider variety-specific cereal rye?

Are you ready to consider variety-specific cereal rye?

Carter Morgan

Conservation & Sustainability

Beneficial conservation rating system moves into Indiana

Beneficial conservation rating system moves into Indiana

area of young cornfield where rain waters pond

Conservation & Sustainability

Easier ways to install, maintain modern grass waterways

Easier ways to install, maintain modern grass waterways

Ryegrass cover crop

Where annual ryegrass might fit in your soil health journey

Where annual ryegrass might fit in your soil health journey

soybeans no-tilled into soybean

Conservation & Sustainability

Challenge: Producing enough food while protecting environment

Challenge: Producing enough food while protecting environment

cover crop field

Could better soil health mean more nutrient-dense grains?

Could better soil health mean more nutrient-dense grains?

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