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Cover Crops

Cover crops interseeded in corn

May 6, 2021

Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn and Soybean: What We’ve Learned

By Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems

Homemade interseeder

May 12, 2021

Results from Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn or Soybean

By Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, Steve Melvin - Extension Educator Irrigated Cropping Systems, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator

cover crops

August 3, 2021

Using Cover Crops to Reduce Nitrate Leaching in the Waverly Wellhead Protection Area

By Javed Iqbal - Extension Nutrient Management and Water Quality Specialist, Richard Little - Farming Systems Research Technologist, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator

Farmland

August 19, 2021

A Historical Look at Cropping Practices for Carbon Sequestration

Corn silage

August 19, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Strategies

Sunflower and turnip field

September 1, 2021

Plants for Fallow Summer Periods

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator

baled corn

September 22, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Overgraze Pastures Now to Prep for Interseeding Legumes Next Spring

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

Tillering rye plant illustration

December 2, 2021

Illustrating Important Growth Stages for Winter Cereal Cover Crops

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator

Cover crop infograph

January 20, 2022

On-farm Research Indicates Importance of Cover Crops for Soil Health in Nebraska

By Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor

Soil health practices graph

February 17, 2022

Motivation and Challenges in Adopting Soil Health Practices

By Saurav Das - Research Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Deepak Ghimire - Graduate Research Assistant in Agronomy, Keith Berns - Healthy Soils Task Force Chair, Mike McDonald - Nebraska Soil Health Coalition, Bijesh Maharjan - Extension Soil and Nutrient Management Specialist

Soil seedbank trays

April 4, 2022

Expanding the Integrated Weed Management Toolbox: Winter Cover Crop Impacts on Weed Dynamics in Eastern and Central Nebraska

By Elizabeth Oys - Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Fernanda Souza Krupek – Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant

Cover crop growth chart

May 3, 2022

Cover Crop Species Decomposition and Nitrogen Release During the Corn Growing Season

By Tauana Ferreira de Almeida - Agronomy Graduate Research Assistant, Salvador Ramirez II - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Emily Robinson - Statistics Graduate Research Assistant, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor