Cover crops for gardens – and my wife, the cover cropping queen!

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My wife Sally must love me…or at least she is observant to see how cover crops are improving the soil in our family gardens.  Over the nearly 19 years we have lived in our home we have had a garden where we often have raised vegetables for the Hispanic families that we minister to.  A . . . → Read More: Cover crops for gardens – and my wife, the cover cropping queen!

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Cover Crop Radish Research reveals interesting data and information

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In the summer of 2010 I entered a number of “cover crop” radishes into research plots in Michigan and Minnesota.  Some of the products I entered were given to me from a supplier in Oregon. They had collected seed samples from Europe that had been touted as cover crop worthy.  They weren’t. Fortunately those varieties . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Radish Research reveals interesting data and information

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Cover Crop Aerial Applicators Training Now Set

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After several months of trying to arrange schedules between a number of very busy men we have now set dates and times for training pilots on aerial applying cover crops. Click here for the  CoverCropWebinarFlyer.

There are Two Sessions Available:

August 29 from 7-8 p.m  (CST) August 30 from 6-7 a.m. (CST)

Limit: 25 people/session Cost: $100/login

Please . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Aerial Applicators Training Now Set

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Do Cover Crops Hinder Corn Population?

Corn Planted into "Forager Mix" - a mix of Oats, Cereal Rye, and Appin Turnips

Cover Crop Problems?

Corn Planted into Bruiser Annual Ryegrass

I often hear folks saying that farmers should be careful planting into cover crops. There is fear that:

“there will be slugs.” you “can’t adequately kill the cover crops.” you can’t depend on getting a “normal” stand.

Well, here we are after one of the . . . → Read More: Do Cover Crops Hinder Corn Population?

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Cover Crop training seminars are available

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Would you like to learn more about cover crops without leaving your office or home?  If so, I have great news for you.  There are three recorded webinars available from CISCO Seeds.  These webinars were sponsored by N-Vest(R) Cover Crops and put on by Barry Fisher, Eileen Kladivko, and Mike Plumer.  These are three of . . . → Read More: Cover Crop training seminars are available

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