New Grazing Cover Crops Checklist Now Available!
Jennifer Jones, Illinois Soybean Association Research Agronomist, discusses the importance of integrating livestock into cropping systems to enhance soil health. Jones highlights the benefits livestock bring such as nutrient distribution and increased soil organic matter.
Manage Cover Crops In Your Field With This Tool
As more farmers make the decision to adopt cover crops into their operation, this web-based tool brings the power of demonstration and translation of agricultural research into fields on your farm.
Do Cover Crops Impact Soybean Cyst Nematode?
While there has been significant interest in increasing the use of cover crops, there is evidence that specific species can impact SCN prior to and leading into the soybean production year.
Making Cover Crops Work For You – A Spring Workshop
This spring workshop is presented by Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District in cooperation with the Illinois Soybean Association, Pike Ag, LLC and USDA NRCS.
The Real Deal with Cover Crops and SCN
In her latest blog, Soy Envoy Chelsea Harbach walks us through the three possible outcomes of an interaction between cover crops and SCN.
Seven Things I Learned Planting Cover Crops
What a long, strange trip it has been! I have been using cover crops for 8 years now in Central Illinois and it has been a very fun ride. Here are a few benefits and best practices I have learned about cover crops.
WEBINAR: Cover Crops & Spring Management
1 CEU in Soil and Water Management
What To Do When the Water Doesn’t Turn Off – Managing Cover Crops in a Wet Spring
We all remember years when planting conditions were difficult due to excess moisture. Who could forget 2019, when it seemed the rain would never [...]
Cover Crops and Herbicides
I think one of the most overlooked problems with farmers trying cover crops is not paying enough attention to the herbicide program that was [...]
WEBINAR: Managing Cover Crops for a Modern Production System
1 CEU in Soil and Water Management
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