Timing is important when it comes to using and managing cover crops - for example, termination timing, timing for interseeding and timing for seeding date post-harvest. This means cover crops should ...

Wheat harvest (and harvest for other short season crops) is full speed ahead. With the early harvest, some of you may be thinking about seeding cover crops. Here I will share information on how to get ...

Sunny, warm beautiful days are upon us, as we watch the crops and children grow we wonder where time has gone. It is hard to believe the time is here to start planning cover crop seeding for this fall ...

A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and were compared against the same mixes drilled after harvest. Several demonstrations are planned across the ...

Even though over crops can provide an excellent opportunity for livestock producers to extend the grazing season, it’s often difficult to achieve a grazeable cover crop in the fall on the same ground ...

Getting a good cover crop stand after harvest can be difficult, so farmers are inter-seeding cover crops early into standing corn. Benefits include erosion control, extra nitrogen from legumes or ...

Frost seeding is broadcasting cover crop seed over a frozen soil surface and letting the freezing and thawing incorporate the seed into the soil profile. For hard seed (seed that is difficult to ...

Farmers, who were unable to get into their soggy fields to plant corn and soybeans due to record rainfall this spring, are not only faced with bags of seed they can't use, they are also looking for ...

We've already heard about drones that spray crops with herbicides and fertilizers. The AeroSeeder is a bit different, however, in that (as you might have guessed) it disperses seeds that might ...

Stored hay can be a livestock producer’s best insurance, says University of Missouri Extension plant science specialist Caleb O’Neal, who is also a cattle producer. It provides flexibility for ...