Ready to explore cover crops as a way to improve soil health and reduce runoff? Wisconsin Farmer Nick Viney shares his experience and tips to get started.
Getting Started with Cover Crops
Keyword: weed suppression
Proof Cover Crops Control Weeds
Tennessee farmer Matt Griggs gives video proof of how much extra weed control a grower can get from utilizing high biomass cover crops.
Theory vs Practice in Soil Health with Frank Rademacher
Eisenhower famously said “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” That resonates with a lot of farmers who know the theory of farming doesn’t always directly translate to the practice. Farmer and agronomist Frank Rademacher joins us to talk about what’s working on […]
How We Pick Our Multi-Species Cover Crops!
Today we are talking about how we pick out our multi-species cover crop here on JTAC Farms! I have had quite a few requests to walk y’all through our process. First, start out with the “why” or purpose of the cover crop. What is it meant to do? Many times when you answer the “why,” […]
GROW Farmer Forum on Cover Crop Termination
Listen in as a panel of farmers from Wisconsin, Virginia and Pennsylvania discuss their strategies for cover crop termination in the spring, and how they use cover crops to manage weeds on their operations.
Managing Weeds and Nitrogen with Cover Crops
Learn how and why VA farmer Anthony Beery uses wheat as a cover crop to suppress weeds, and get some tips on how to manage nitrogen availability when planting green into corn.
Using “Planting Green” To Help Manage Weeds
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Trey Hill of Harborview Farms, is using planting green (i.e. planting cash crops into green, living cover crops) as a way of enhancing the services provided by cover crops. Planting green allows the cover crops to grow for an additional few weeks and allows them to produce more biomass. […]
Planting Green, an Option for Managing Weeds, Organic Matter, Soil Moisture and Nutrition
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Trey Hill, farmer and owner of Harborview Farms, is using planting green (i.e. planting cash crops into green, living cover crops) as a way of enhancing the services provided by cover crops. Planting green allows the cover crops to grow for an additional few weeks and allows them to […]
Considerations for Using Diverse Cover Crops After Wheat
Rick Gehrke (Gehrke Family Farms, LLC – Omro, WI) talks about what he considers when using diverse cover crops after wheat. Check out this video to learn species he uses, cost considerations, and dealing with water hemp.
Planting Soybeans Green Into Cereal Rye Cover Crop
Learn the why and how of planting soybeans into a green cereal rye cover crop from Practical Farmers of Iowa members! This video includes interviews with Rachel Amundson of Osage, Iowa; Nathan Anderson of Aurelia, Iowa; Jon Bakehouse of Hastings, Iowa; Nick Smith of Epworth, Iowa; and Will Cannon of Prairie City, Iowa.