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Why cover crops? Farmers share their perspectives
2016-08-10 18:05:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Almost two dozen farmers are featured in SARE's Cover Crop Innovators video series. read more
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Weather extremes spur farmers' interest in cover crops
2015-11-21 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Weather extremes have reignited farmers' interest in planting cover crops, a traditional farming practice that is gaining renewed popularity in Kansas and other states as a way to help combat climate change and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to it. A New York-based environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, released a report Thursday on the benefits of cover crops typically non-commodities that protect the soil between harvests of cash crops. The practice...
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Can cover crops help farmers combat climate change, drought?
2015-11-19 19:52:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their soils health and the health of our climate-impacted world: planting cover crops. read more
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Farmers share cover crop practices
2015-07-02 16:25:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Eighty-four percent of farmers who took the cover crop survey planted some cover crops and 16% have not. The survey sheds light on farmers motivations for planting cover crops, their expectations of the benefits, users concerns about cover crops and barriers to adoption among non-users. read more
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Farmers value cover crops
2014-04-01 19:20:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
National surveys prove corn and soybean yield benefits plus soil health and moisture savings. Under comparable management, with and without cover crops, more than 500 farmers reported a yield gain of approximately 5% in 2013 after using cover crops. And this follows an average 10% yield hike among surveyed farmers in 2012 during drought conditions. read more
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