Articles tagged under: cover crops

Getting Ground in Good Shape

Published October 27, 2021

Buffalo, North Dakota farmer Randy Melvin is working fields of corn stalks and soybean stubble, preparing for the 2022 growing season. "There are some corn fields that have rye growing in it. I'll leave those with the plan of no-tilling…
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ND Farmers Learn From Spring Top Soil Losses

Published October 27, 2021

Based in the Jamestown, North Dakota area, Centrol Crop Consulting agronomist Lee Briese thinks there’s been an increase in cover crop plantings, but a decline in tillage this fall. "I think this relates to the high winds we had in…
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Managing Residue in a Dry Year

Published September 2, 2021

Heading into fall, it is important to remember the topsoil lost due to strong winds during the open winter and dry spring. NDSU Extension Soil Health Specialist Abbey Wick says a fresh approach to residue management may be needed. "Where…
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Cover Crop Grant Program Announced

Published August 17, 2021

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is offering cost-share payments for farmers growing cover crops. The program targets cropland areas impacted with saline or alkaline soils and will be provided through a lottery system. Applications will be taken from September…
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RMA Announces Haying, Grazing Change for Cover Crops

Published July 7, 2021

USDA has announced farmers and ranchers with crop insurance nationwide can hay, graze or chop cover crops at any time and still receive 100 percent of the prevented planting payment. Previously, those cover crops couldn’t be used for hay or…
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Corteva Agriscience Offers Carbon Intiative

Published April 26, 2021

Corteva Agriscience has a carbon credit program. Carbon and Ecosystem Services Portfolio Leader Ben Gordon says farmers adopt no-till, strip-till or cover cropping farming practices, use the Granular Insights software tool to collect the data and then, credits are generated…
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Soil Sampling is a Must

Published September 28, 2020

AgVise Laboratories soil scientist John Breker reminds farmers to pull a sample before doing any fall fieldwork. "There's a decent window right now for soil sampling." If farmers haven’t already, Breker says they may also want to consider seeding cover…
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Ag Seeks a Permanent Fix for Cover Crops and PP Acres

Published August 20, 2020

Farmers, ranchers and agriculture groups in the Northern Plains are welcoming the September 1 date to graze and hay cover crops planted on prevent plant ground. In 2019, prevent plant acres were 3.9 million in South Dakota and 850,000 acres…
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