Cover Crops

Soil health practices helped these three South Dakota farmers plant and harvest more acres in 2019.

Breeder's Journal: You can't put dollar signs on all these benefits, but they're real!

Half of South Dakota’s cropland was planted in 2019 without tillage to prepare the seedbed.

Certain cover crops help control nematode populations in Mid-South soybean fields.

Cover crops help build soil organic matter to improve soil structure and water-holding capacity.

Guest Column: Father-and-son team share their knowledge of no-till, strip-till and cover crops with others.

Aerial imagery provides a bird's eye view of the plants through remote sensing with drones which allows users to detect if the plants are sick or stressed.

Filtration rates and soil health improve.

The grants, totaling $1 million, were awarded by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.

Sessions at the two-day event will look at using cover crops in row crop production, livestock and grazing.