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Figure 1. A view of all four treatments of a corn residue and cover crop experiment at the South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center. Top left is cereal rye with 60% corn residue removal; top right is cereal with corn residue. Bottom left is no cereal rye with 60% corn residue removal; bottom right is corn residue and no cover crop (control).

Published: August 13, 2018

Cover Crop and Crop Residue Management: How Does it Affect Soil Water in the Short and Long Term?

Michael Sindelar - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Virginia Jin - USDA ARS Research Soil Scientist, Richard Ferguson - Extension Soil Fertility Specialist

A diverse 14-way mix was planted into wheat stubble immediately after harvest to keep living roots in the field. The cover crop is using sunlight and carbon dioxide to put energy and carbon into the soil to feed the soil biology.

Published: July 13, 2018

Cover Crops for Soil Health in Storm-damaged Fields

Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

CropWatch Graphic

Published: July 9, 2018

Considerations for Forage Cover Crops after Hail in Corn and Soybean

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist

CropWatch Graphic

Published: May 25, 2018

Related UNL AgNews

Field of cover crops

Published: May 14, 2018

Q&A on Spring Herbicides and Fall Cover Crop Plantings

Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Comparison of cover crop planting dates

Published: May 4, 2018

How Planting Date, Varieties Affect Spring Cover Crop Growth

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

Broadleaf weeds

Published: April 27, 2018

Q&A: Which Dicamba Product Should I Use to Kill Broadleaf Cover Crops or Burndown Weeds Before Xtend Soybean?

Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Cereal rye in corn stubble

Published: April 25, 2018

Q&A on Terminating Cereal Rye, Applying a PRE

Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Figure 1. Seasonal ecology of wheat stem maggot (Allen 1933) overlaid on 2017 field issues. Arrows indicate likely source of infestation started with adult movement in the spring.

Published: April 25, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot Adult Monitoring: A Pest of Cover Crop-to-Corn Transitions

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

Cover crop field with mixed-species plantings

Published: April 20, 2018

Timing of Cover Crop Termination and Related Factors

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Cereal rye cover crop

Published: April 19, 2018

Q&A on Grazing Cereal Rye after an Anhydrous Application

Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Brian Krienke - Former Soils Extension Educator

CropWatch Graphic

Published: April 6, 2018

Insects in Cover Crop Systems

Manure application into cereal rye cover crop in the fall

Published: April 4, 2018

Research Updates

Soybean seedlings in no-till field

Published: March 29, 2018

Building Resilient Soil Systems using Residue, No-till, and Cover Crops

Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

Figure 1. Rye cover crop planted in small sections of field for erosion control. Center photo shows a section of ground where cover crop did not establish with normally developing plants. Damaged corn plants were primarily restricted to areas where cover crop was present.

Published: March 8, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot in Corn: Plan on Scouting Your Cover Crop Fields This Spring

Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

Market Journal

Published: March 2, 2018

Market Journal Looks at Farm Bill Discussions

CO2 sensor in rye cover crop

Published: February 26, 2018

Cover Crop and CO2 Emissions

Sabrina Ruis - Post-Doctoral Associate, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Charles Wortmann - Emeritus Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist, Virginia Jin - USDA ARS Research Soil Scientist, Tyler Williams - Former Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Don Batie with his strip-till soybean plot.

Published: February 21, 2018

Growers Share about Their On-Farm Research

Lisa Jasa - Former CropWatch Editor

Rye cover crop

Published: February 13, 2018

Rain-Fed Corn Growth and Development Following Cover Crops in 2017

Figure 1. Rye cover crop termination date and corn residue removal study at Rogers Memorial Farm near Lincoln.

Published: February 12, 2018

Can a Rye Cover Crop Reduce Wind Erosion from Fields with Little Residue Cover?