Cover Crop Corner
A cash crop farmer’s advice for a successful cover crop
It’s been a tough year for many producers throughout the Midwest with…
August 6, 2020
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Covering your assets during drought
Benjamin Franklin was right on the money about all of us being able to…
August 6, 2020
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Part Two: The do’s and don’ts of setting up farm trials
In part two of a two-part series about setting up farm trials…
August 4, 2020
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Part One: The do’s and don’ts of setting up farm trials
In part one of a two-part series about setting up farm trials, row crop, and livestock farmer Michael Vittetoe shares …
July 17, 2020
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Tapping into your cover crop resources
Without a doubt, one of the best ways to progress is to learn from others. Here are a few resources to do that…
June 19, 2020
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Improved clover variety offers application diversity for one Mississippi land manager
From grazing cattle to growing deer, an improved variety of balansa clover is integral to Chris Herring’s …
May 18, 2020
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Advice from a cash crop farmer on planting green
Illinois corn and soybean farmer David Holste shares his insight …
April 15, 2020
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Building your optimum cover crop mixture ahead of soybeans
Soybean producers that didn’t manage to get a cover crop …
March 5, 2020
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Using berseem clover to improve alfalfa production
For alfalfa producers needing to renovate fields suffering from …
February 5, 2020
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Setting and achieving your cover crop goals
Cover crops can be used to benefit multiple aspects of…
January 4, 2020
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4 ways cover crops protect natural resources
As we look back through the last 12 months, it is safe to…
December 5, 2019
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November 5, 2019
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Don’t panic. There’s still time to get a fall cover crop in
If you’re a corn or soybean producer in the Midwest, chances are…
October 5, 2019
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Post-flooding soil restoration with cover crops
As row crop and hay producers throughout the country navigate the…
July 5, 2019
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How to cut input costs while improving cash crop yields
A 27.5 percent decrease in synthetic nitrogen, 49.5 percent…
June 5, 2019
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May 5, 2019
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Here’s what you need to know about interseeding cover crops into corn
To get a head start on establishing winter covers, interseeding has…
April 19, 2019
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Assessing pastures and hay ground for winterkill
To put it simply, it’s been a doozy of a winter for a lot of folks…
March 5, 2019
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Using legumes to reduce nitrogen fertilizer costs
Nitrogen fixing legumes can save $37 per acre on fertilizer costs…
February 5, 2019
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Frost seeding gives pastures a head start
Now is the time to start thinking about your spring forage…
January 5, 2019
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The 12 gifts of cover crops
Give your crop or forage system the gift of cover crops this Holiday season…
December 5, 2018
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December 3, 2018
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3 Ways Clovers Can Boost Your Forage System
Whether you want to grow more homegrown feedstuff without…
November 5, 2018
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Breaking the Columbia Root Knot Nematode life cycle with Carwoodi Oil Seed Radish
Columbia Root Knot Nematodes (CRKN) are a pest of the…
August 29, 2018
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July 19, 2018
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2019 Richland Research Farm Update
The Winter of 2018-2019 will go down in history as one of the…
July 8, 2018
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Frosty Berseem Clover: Everything you wanted to know about using it in a grass on grass crop rotation but were too afraid to ask.
When it comes to trying something new on the farm it’s not…
February 7, 2018
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Experiencing Frosty Berseem Clover in Northern Michigan
My name is Jeremy Sweeten and I am a hay/beef farmer in…
November 28, 2017
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Oregon Vineyard Cover Cropping
As the 2017 harvest year comes to a close, I thought I would share…
September 11, 2017
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There’s a lot of Potential in Every Inch of FIXatioN’s Growth
One of the best parts of Spring in the Midwest is checking out…
June 14, 2017
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Inter-seeding cover crops requires long range weather forecasting
Lately you may have been hearing a lot about inter-seeding as…
June 6, 2017
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The Search for a Winter-Hardy and Economical Forage Solution
No one has forgotten last year’s polar vortex, least of…
August 28, 2014
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FIXatioN Balansa Clover: The Cover Crop and Forage that’s Exceeding Expectations
In extensive trials, this cool-season, nitrogen-fixing annual legume has…
August 8, 2014
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A Decade of Research Yields Next Generation Forage and Cover Crop
Most American farmers have never laid eyes on…
July 25, 2014