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2021 Fall National Cover Crop Summit

Profitably Grazing Cattle on Cover Crops

A Kansas cattle rancher and a specialist from South Dakota State University share insights on how to leverage cover crops as cattle feed at the 2021 Fall National Cover Crop Summit
October 26, 2021 | Posted in Cover Crops
Transitioning from harvesting crops using a combine to only using cattle is not an easy task, says CJ Blew, a cattle rancher from Castleton, Kan. His family’s 24,000-acre cow-calf operation has improved cattle health and performance since switching 3,000 acres of irrigated dryland cropland to paddocks for grazing cover crops.
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[Podcast] Be the Plant: Benefitting Plant Health with Farm Management Decisions

For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we chat with independent crop consultant Dorian Gatchell of Minnesota Agricultural Services about why he says it’s important to try to think like a plant and how that simple change in mindset can help farmers make wise management decisions on their operations.
October 21, 2021 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101, Cover Crops, Soil Health
For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we chat with independent crop consultant Dorian Gatchell of Minnesota Agricultural Services about why he says it’s important to try to think like a plant and how that simple change in mindset can help farmers make wise management decisions on their operations.
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Fall-Applied Anhydrous Ammonia Best Practices

October 11, 2021 | Posted in Nutrient Management
Source: Purdue University
To minimize the loss of nitrogen (N) from fall-applied anhydrous ammonia (AA), follow these four best practices as defined by Purdue University: seal the application slot, avoid applications on poorly-drained or excessively well-drained soils, wait till soil temperatures approach freezing, and use a nitrification inhibitor.
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[Podcast] The Three-Legged Stool of Soil Health with Jeremiah Durbin

For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we chat with Jeremiah Durbin, independent crop consultant, Sustainable Legacy Consulting; soil health specialist and Tennessee Association of Conservation Districts, about those physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil health and how he uses his mechanical background to help trouble-shoot issues in the field.
October 8, 2021 | Posted in Cover Crops, Crop Protection, Soil Health
For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, we chat with Jeremiah Durbin, independent crop consultant, Sustainable Legacy Consulting; soil health specialist and Tennessee Association of Conservation Districts, about those physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil health and how he uses his mechanical background to help trouble-shoot issues in the field.
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Purdue Ag Economy Barometer Finds That Most Growers Still New to Using Cover Crops

Out of 400 large-acreage growers surveyed, 41% are currently seeding covers on their operations.
By Sarah Hill posted on October 7, 2021
The practice of using cover crops still has plenty of room for growth, according to the results of the August Purdue Ag Economy Barometer. Forty-one percent of growers with production of more than $500,000 annually said they are currently using cover crops, while 65% of growers responded that they had either used cover crops in the past or were currently using covers.
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