Part 3 of a 3-part series from Penn State University that examines cover crop mixtures, their cost effectiveness, the benefits and challenges of planting and how to design a crop mixture to achieve multiple goals.

Part 2 of a 3-part series from Penn State University that examines cover crop mixtures, their cost effectiveness, the benefits and challenges of planting and how to design a crop mixture to achieve multiple goals.

Part 1 of a 3-part series from Penn State University that examines cover crop mixtures, their cost effectiveness, the benefits and challenges of planting and how to design a crop mixture to achieve multiple goals.

The University of Wisconsin Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection partner together to put into place a pollinator protection plan to help the future of honey and crop production.

These ranchers now know how to regenerate their soils, while making their animals healthier and their operations more profitable.

What is your timing for application of nitrogen?

Gabe Brown is a no-till farmer from North Dakota who in the past 20 years has seen his soil organic matter increase from 1.9 to 6.1% and water infiltration rise from 0.5 inches per hour to 8 inches.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, we are joined by no-till consultant with Ag Conservation Solutions, Dan Towery, who discusses some of the benefits of annual ryegrass as a carbon provider and nitrogen scavenger in no-tilled soils, and the optimum seeding window for its use in the U.S.

Research has shown that both cover crops and perennial biofuel crops can relieve soil compaction. Cover crops are generally planted between cash crops such as corn and soybeans to protect the bare soil.

Randy Linville, who with his nephew, Dan, no-tills 1,700 acres of corn and soybeans near DeKalb, Mo., discusses how no-tilling, terraces and cereal rye seeded as a cover crop has sharply reduced soil erosion on their hilly terrain, and how a dedicated grid sampling program is helping the family get more bang for the buck with their fertilizer dollars.