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Cover Crops

How legumes can fit into cover crop mixes How legumes can fit into cover crop mixes

Farmers considering cover crops have numerous choices. As they select they should consider the end goal, the region, and water availability.

Sep 26, 2023|

4 Min Read

A hand holding a vetch plant, showing its long roots

Start growing your own nitrogen Start growing your own nitrogen

Sep 22, 2023

3 Min Read

radish cover crop mix

Ideal planting dates for cover crops vary Ideal planting dates for cover crops vary

Sep 21, 2023

3 Min Read

A wide view of a cover crop mix growing in a field

How cover crops benefit livestock producers How cover crops benefit livestock producers

Sep 21, 2023

3 Min Read

cotton cover crop

Choose cover crop to meet production goal Choose cover crop to meet production goal

Sep 20, 2023

6 Min Read

Cover crops benefit corn Cover crops benefit corn

byBonnie Coblentz

Sep 20, 2023

3 Min Read

A field of popcorn with a farmstead in the background

What will Indiana Conservation Transect show next spring?

What will Indiana Conservation Transect show next spring?

byTom J. Bechman

Row crop field planted in cover crops.

Soil Health Institute incentivizes farmers

Soil Health Institute incentivizes farmers

byWhitney Haigwood

winter wheat

Key to cover crop success is timely fall seeding

Key to cover crop success is timely fall seeding

Three men standing behind farm equipment in a cover crop planted field.

Resources and incentives for conservation cover cropping

Resources and incentives for conservation cover cropping

byWhitney Haigwood

A field with waterhemp

Seed cover crops or apply herbicides this fall?

Seed cover crops or apply herbicides this fall?

Cover Crops

Midsouth farmers have their head in the cover crop game

Midsouth farmers have their head in the cover crop game

byBrent Murphree

Cover crops growing in between leftover corn residue

Make cover crops happen this fall

Make cover crops happen this fall

field of cover crops

Don’t abandon cover crops after one tough year

Don’t abandon cover crops after one tough year

Vetch and oats as cover crops

Solve the cover crop conundrum

Solve the cover crop conundrum

9 stories to help your cover crop decisions

9 stories to help your cover crop decisions

byStephanie Sokol

Cattle grazing in field

Stretch feed supply by grazing cover crops

Stretch feed supply by grazing cover crops

Farmers attending a field day

Cover crops, beef cattle, research on display at field days

Cover crops, beef cattle, research on display at field days

pile of peanuts

Conservation tillage works for these peanut farmers

Conservation tillage works for these peanut farmers

Cover crop between rows of winter wheat stubble

Farmers cautiously optimistic about ag economy

Farmers cautiously optimistic about ag economy

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CTIC expands to deliver farmers for Soil Health Program

CTIC expands to deliver farmers for Soil Health Program

Selby, S.D. producer Doug Sieck in cover crop field

Give soil moisture a say in cover crop decisions

Give soil moisture a say in cover crop decisions

Pivot irrigation

Balancing act: Fall-planting cover crops for weed suppression

Balancing act: Fall-planting cover crops for weed suppression

A soybean field with cereal rye cover crop

Observations about tough cover crop year bring comment

Observations about tough cover crop year bring comment

byTom J. Bechman

A close up of someone holding a clump of soil with crop roots

7-step checklist for fall and beyond

7-step checklist for fall and beyond

Farmer knelt in field of cotton checking plants.

Certified sustainability through the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

Certified sustainability through the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

byWhitney Haigwood

Cows grazing in a pasture

Plant cover crops for emergency forage

Plant cover crops for emergency forage

Corn no-tilled into cereal rye is slightly shorter and not as deep green as corn no-tilled into soybean stubble without a cover crop

Stay objective about cover crops in 2023

Stay objective about cover crops in 2023

byTom J. Bechman

cereal rye growing in field

Things to think about when overseeding cover crops

Things to think about when overseeding cover crops

Jenkins ‘grows’ peanut M&Ms and uses less fungicide for higher yield

Jenkins ‘grows’ peanut M&Ms and uses less fungicide for higher yield

Dave Brandt

Farm sunlight like Dave did

Farm sunlight like Dave did

aerial view of major traffic accident on interstate

Conservation & Sustainability

Wind erosion: How and why it happens

Wind erosion: How and why it happens

Close-up of cover crops

Soil health works everywhere

Soil health works everywhere

Close up of cover crops between rows of winter wheat

Grants to help Michigan producers increase cover crops

Grants to help Michigan producers increase cover crops

Close up of corn crop growing between rows winter wheat stubble

Maryland cover crop sign-up begins

Maryland cover crop sign-up begins

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