Cover Crops

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[Podcast] Speakers, Attendees Share Expectations & Lessons Learned at Strip-Till Conference

On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), technology editor Noah Newman breaks down everything you can expect at the upcoming 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City.
On this edition of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Environmental Tillage Systems (ETS), technology editor Noah Newman breaks down everything you can expect at the upcoming 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Iowa City.
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Microbes, Mycorrhizae Key to Understanding Nutrient Content of Cover Crops

Soil health specialist Jim Hoorman unearths relationship between cover crops & nutrient content in the soil
Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors. Grasping everything that could affect the nutrient value of cover crops can be like trying to drink from a fire hose, says Jim Hoorman, but there are ways to simplify and understand how to determine what nutrients cover crops deliver to cash crops.
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Strip-Till & Cover Crop Benefits Showcased During CTIC Tour

Garretson, S.D., farmer details journey from conventional tillage to strip-till & no-till
Hosted by the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), the tour included a visit to Ryan and Christina Larson’s 1,000-acre strip-till and no-till operation in Garretson, S.D., near the southwestern Minnesota border.
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From Dryland to Dripline: Early Tech Adoption Pays Off for 2025 Strip-Till Innovator

Ray Flickner boosts profitability & water use efficiency with strip-till & subsurface drip irrigation
Ray Flickner’s use of cutting-edge technologies and management practices to conserve water and boost soil health — and willingness to put everything under a microscope for all to see — makes him more than worthy of the 2025 Strip-Till Innovator Award.
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Gauging the Sustainability of Corn-on-Corn

Many Michigan farmers rely on corn-on-corn systems to meet feed demands, but is this short rotation approach truly effective? Here are some considerations for corn-on-corn production systems before sticking with it.
While continuous corn with cereal rye offers benefits to a livestock producer in terms of feed supplementation, it does not fully replace the advantages of a longer, diversified crop rotation, Michigan State University Extension explains.
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[Video] The 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference Preview Show

Technology Editor Noah Newman checks in from Iowa City with a preview of the 2025 National Strip-Tillage Conference, including exclusive insights from speakers on the program, a tour of the hotel and surrounding area, and a 1-on-1 interview with Iowa State’s Rebecca Vittetoe for a look at the pre-conference Strip-Till Field Day.
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5 Ways to Keep the “Billion-Dollar Bug” from Stealing Corn Yields

“When you approach the rootworm as just a problem that has to be solved, you’re not taking into account the animal’s biology,” Ann Marie Journey says. “You’re hitting it just at certain points or with certain methods or controls, and you’re not allowing yourself in effect to have a conversation to gain insight back from the rootworms about what it is that makes them successful in any given place."
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