The Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network team has developed and is currently testing a new cover crop scenario tool. This innovative resource leverages farmer-provided data from across the state to ...

More information: Le Chen et al, Dynamically optimal cover crop adoption, European Review of Agricultural Economics (2025). DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbaf018 ...

Cover crops can be interseeded into planted row crops, providing grazing later in the fall/winter for cattle. Photo credit: Connor Biehler Cover crop inter-seeding refers to the practice of planting a ...

A free, online tool that helps farmers evaluate cover crop species based on things like county, production goals and drainage situation has been updated to reflect new research in the field. Iowa’s ...

Consider N placement and timing to avoid yield reduction from N tie-up when planting corn into a rye cover. Dan Quinn, Extension Corn Specialist at Purdue University, gave an excellent presentation at ...

For those practicing conservation, this time of year is particularly important for cover crop management. I just sat down with Rob Myers, director for the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at the ...

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year. INREC initiated the yearly ...

Once terminated, the cover crop can either be left on the soil surface to decompose as a mulch (known as "no-till") or it can be tilled into the soil where it will decompose below the soil surface.

If grown long enough, a fall cover crop can take up significant amounts soil nitrogen. Also, as a cereal cover crop matures, the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio increases. Enough so that mineralization of ...

An agronomist says farmers are seeing challenges establishing cover crops this fall. John Pike, who’s based in southern Illinois, says herbicide carryover after late-planted soybeans is a concern.

But when you bring in cover crops and ground covers, you get the upper hand on the battle. If you need to clear out a large area of weeds and create healthier soil in your yard and garden, a cover ...