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Grazing/Harvesting Rule Change an Opportunity for Farmers, Ranchers

August 24, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: North Dakota State University Extension

The USDA will allow producers to graze, hay or cut cover crops on prevented-planting acres beginning Sept. 1. North Dakota State University Extension livestock specialists explain the benefits and potential concerns of the practice.

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Sometimes it’s Best to Let the Pictures Do the Talking

By Clay Pope posted on August 12, 2020

Clay Pope discusses what’s going on with the fields where he planted a 17-way cover crop mix vs. neighboring farms where wheat ground is being worked ahead of planting.

Improving Profitability by Interseeding Wide-Row Corn with Cover Crops

July 31, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops

Wide-spaced corn rows paired with cover crops for foraging is being tested across the country to see if a wider solar corridor can lead to bottom line benefits. Preliminary results from the University of Minnesota are showing improved economic and ecological outcomes for four Minnesota farmers.

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Cover Crop Benchmark Study

Cover Crops ‘Greening Up’ Growers’ Bottom Lines

No-Till Farmer’s first-ever Cover Crop Benchmark Study shows farmers are planting green, saving on fertilizer and pesticides and protecting soils

By John Dobberstein posted on July 23, 2020 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Soil Health

Results of the first annual Cover Crop Benchmark Study show a healthy level of enthusiasm and success among farmers with cover crops as they seek to protect their farms from erosion, reduce input costs and improve soil health on their operations.

Putting the ‘Proof’ in No-Till

Missouri no-tiller Brian Martin is using a methodical, data-driven approach to building a no-till system that is both efficient and profitable.

By John Dobberstein posted on April 29, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Equipment

FOR BRIAN MARTIN, it’s not hard to see that having a no-till system keeps soil in place on his farm’s sloping terrain. But Martin also has a thirst for looking beyond the anecdotes for data that spells out what practices benefit the bottom line.

Opening Up Opportunities No-Tilling 60-Inch Corn

While yield benefits are a work in progress, growers say interseeding wide-row corn produces high amounts of cover crop biomass and nitrogen.

By Julia Gerlach posted on February 28, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Good ideas have a way of resurfacing, even if “progress” seems to have left the ideas far in the past.

Diversifying Crops and Livestock Saves Soil While Boosting Profitability

Gail Fuller learned it takes more than no-till to see a change in soil health, and since losing his crop insurance, he’s no longer focused on chasing yields for commodities, but building healthy soil for healthy foods.

By Laura Barrera posted on December 29, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Gail Fuller has always been driven by erosion. He decided to give no-till a try not long after he began farming full-time in the 1980s, because he hated seeing soil leave his farm in Emporia, Kan., where slopes range from 1-5%.

Gain Soil Health Benefits, Extra Income by Grazing Cover Crops

Extending the grazing season either later into the fall and early winter or starting earlier in the spring can be a cost savings for livestock producers, while also improving soil health.

November 27, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Grazing livestock in the fall is a well-known method for livestock producers to go a few weeks longer without having to resort to feeding their stored hay and forage

USDA-RMA Announces Change to Haying and Grazing Date for Prevent Plant Acres in 2019

June 21, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: USDA-RMA

Farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres will be permitted to hay, graze or chop those fields earlier than November this year, the USDA announced.

Getting Out of the Rut with No-Tilling, Cover Crop Interseeding, Weed Suppression

Tom Cotter is boosting the value of his soils in the heart of the Corn Belt by putting the iron away and keeping his fields covered and active year round.

By Angela Lovell posted on October 31, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Cover Crops, Soil Health

It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with farming, but that’s a major reason Tom Cotter did the opposite of that and turned to no-tilling and interseeding cover crops to rejuvenate his farm.

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