Precision is not just for cash crops but also for cover crops. NDSU Extension Soil Health Specialist Abbey Wick shows how variable rate based on soil type is being applied to seeding cover crops.

Bredeson’s research in 2018 and 2019 within a 20-mile radius of Estelline looked at the insect community where inter-seeded cover crops are planted, compared to corn without the cover crops.

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 ...

Drone cover crop seeding. Flown by Curt Emmanuel, Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Purdue Extension - Boone County; John Scott, Digital Agriculture Extension Coordinator, Purdue Extension. A ...

CHESTERTOWN — The next time you drive along a county road and see a small plane swooping low over the fields, don’t automatically assume it’s a “crop duster,” applying insecticide ...

Because cover crops are being planted in existing fields of corn, getting them established is a challenge. When the corn plants dry down in late summer, the green canopy opens, presenting the ...

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 ...

AeroSeeder drone designed to speed the seeding of cover crops. The AeroSeeder has a maximum flight weight of 80 lb (36 kg) – no figures on battery life have been provided. AeroSeeder.

Cover crops may be cut by hand, with a trimmer or a lawn mower. Plants should then be incorporated into the soil with a tiller, pitchfork or broad fork so that they will decompose.

To grow even more food in your garden, try growing cover crops. These crops, which include species such as cowpeas, vetch, ryegrass, clover and field peas, offer many benefits: improved soil ...

Cover crops "isn't a new science at all. We knew this long, long ago," Terry said. American farmers in the 1930s and '40s didn't have the herbicides to manage grasses and weeds, he said.

Cover crops like rye and wheat are typically planted to protect the soil in winter months - and in and between row crops like corn and soybeans to control weeds in the growing season.