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Cover Crops in Corn, Soybeans, Wheat
2013-02-15 20:10:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Conservation Technology Information Center Cover crops are becoming an increasingly important and prominent part of conservation and production in agriculture. The benefits offered are numerous, from increased soil health to less erosion. We've covered many angles of cover crops, and here we bring you photos from USDA SARE and the Conservation Technology Information Center of different cover crops planted, including peas, hairy vetch, tillage radish and ryegrass. If you planted cover crops in 2012, be sure to take the CTIC survey, and let them know about your 2012 cover crop production. read more
How Many Acres of Cover Crops Were Planted in 2012?
2013-02-08 16:34:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Conservation Technology Information Center The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) is taking a survey of farmers who've grown cover crops. Sponsored by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, CTIC would like to know when you started planting cover crops, how many you've planted in recent years, how many acres you plan to plant in 2013, how many total acres you farm, among other cover crop questions. read more
What Cover Crops Can Do
2013-01-01 00:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Theyre just one tool this Indiana farmer uses to guard topsoil and boost soil health. By Dean Houghton During 2012s long, hot summer, Roger Wenning got a firsthand look at how a little soil residue can go a long way to add resilience to a crop. On May 14, the Greensburg, Ind., farmer no-tilled corn into a field that had been in a ryegrass/crimson clover cover crop over the winter. Since this was a high population study, he used a twin-row planter to seed at a population of either 39,000 or 45,000 seeds/acre. read more
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