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Cover Crops

Cover crops in field

January 20, 2022

2022 Eastern Nebraska Soil Health Conference Set for Feb. 2 in David City

By Deloris Pittman - Marketing and Promotions Manager for Eastern Nebraska REEC

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

Tillering rye plant illustration

December 2, 2021

Illustrating Important Growth Stages for Winter Cereal Cover Crops

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator

Cattle grazing rye cover crop

October 25, 2021

Nebraska Extension Provides New Cover Crop Grazing Conference Nov. 16

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

Sunflower and turnip field

September 1, 2021

Plants for Fallow Summer Periods

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator

Rye cover crop in corn

August 24, 2021

Cover Crop Field Day Scheduled for Sept. 7 in Nemaha County

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

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

Homemade interseeder

May 12, 2021

Results from Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn or Soybean

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

Cover crops interseeded in corn

May 6, 2021

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

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

Eroded field

April 29, 2021

Does Grazing Cover Crops Negatively Impact Soil and Crop Yields?

By Lindsey Anderson, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Jim MacDonald - Associate Professor in Animal Science

Soil samples

April 28, 2021

Can Cover Crops Offset the Negative Impacts of Corn Silage?

By Lindsey Anderson, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Jim MacDonald - Associate Professor in Animal Science

Pasture grass

April 19, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Growth and Seeding Concerns, Selecting Herbicides

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

Cover crop termination timing chart

April 8, 2021

Managing Residual Herbicides with Cover Crops

Fall seeded cover crop field

April 8, 2021

Final Results from a Multi-state Study on Cover Crop Termination with Herbicides

Conference speakers mugshots

April 1, 2021

2021 Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference Presentations Available Online

By Deloris Pittman - Marketing and Promotions Manager for Eastern Nebraska REEC

Herz farm cover crop field

February 18, 2021

Effects and Economics of Grazing Cover Crops in a Three-Year Non-Irrigated Rotation

By Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Laura Thompson - Former Extension Educator, Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Ken Herz

Crop planted in green cover crop

February 18, 2021

Planting Green Questionnaire – Simple Analysis

By Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Daren Redfearn - Associate Professor Agronomy, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator