Tom Cotter has been using soil health practices on his 1,100 acre farm in Mower County, Minnesota for the past 20 years. He plants cover crops on 99 percent of their land, and his cattle graze in cover crops during the summer, fall, and winter months as he transitions to more organic acres.
Cattle Grazing in Cover Crops in Southern Minnesota
Keyword: weed suppression
No Tilling Organic Corn into Vetch, Clover, Peas and Rye!
Corn planting is underway in Indiana! Planting into an absolute jungle of vetch, clover, peas, and cereal rye!
Jason Mauck – What is relay intercropping and how does it pay?
What happens when you plant a soybean crop in between twin-row winter wheat? Why would a farmer seed pearl millet at the V3 growth stage into corn planted in 60-inch spacing? Northeast Indiana farmer Jason Mauck shares how-tos and his observations of better weed control, good yields, higher returns per acre and improved hog manure […]
Cover Crop Economics – 2021 Virtual Cover Crop Boot Camp
Fine-tune your spring cover crop plan and double-down on cutting unnecessary expenses. In this video, hear presentations from Chad Bell and Rebecca Clay on cover crop economics, followed by Q&A.
No-Till Pumpkins
Check out these no-till pumpkins planted by Stan Kaczmarek and his cousins! After 2019, the soil loss from the heavy rains led Stan to rethink their pumpkin plantings. In the spring of 2020, they frost-seeded oats to keep the soil on the ground. After burning it off, they no-till planted their pumpkins into the cover […]
Rotary Hoe Seeded Cereal Rye
Absolutely, we can establish cover crops without having a no-till drill or even a conventional drill for that matter! Join us as we visit a cover crop field here in SE Minnesota, where the corn is just spiking through. This cereal rye cover crop was alternatively seeded using a rotary hoe with a gandy air […]
Producer-Led Webinar Series: Planting corn into standing rye
In this episode we hear from Tony Peirick from the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soils-Healthy Waters about planting corn into standing rye. Tony owns and operates T n R Dairy with his brother, their sons, and their families in Southern Dodge County. Hear why Tony began planting his corn into standing rye five years […]
Why Plant Green with Bob and DJ
Bob and son in law, DJ Mueller, explain why they believe in cover cropping, planting green, and increasing their soil health. We also discuss planting into a cover crop mixture of hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas and cereal rye.
Cover Crops Weed Control
The onslaught of herbicide resistant weeds in Mid-South fields has motivated producers to look for alternative means of control. Many have found cover crops to be a sustainable solution. Dr. Larry Steckel, weed scientist with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, discusses his research using cover crops as a weed control tool.
Suppressing Weeds 1.0 – Initial Adjustments With Ruth McCabe and Rob Stout
Increased weed control is one of the many benefits of cover crops. Here, Ruth discusses the mechanisms for how cover crops suppress weeds while Rob walks through how he uses cover crops in southeast Iowa.