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Cover Crops

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August 10, 2017

Planting Cover Crops after Silage Offers Several Benefits

By Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Students conducting cover crop research

August 25, 2017

Research Update on Cover Crops after Winter Wheat Harvest

By Alexandre Tonon Rosa - Learning Center Agronomist, Bayer Crop Science, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist

Cover crops planted in corn.

September 6, 2017

Nebraska Farmers Share Cover Crop Why's and How's

By Liberty Butts - Cropping Systems Research Technologist, Rodrigo Werle - Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 1. Early-planted rye on the left and late-planted rye on the right in a research study at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead.

September 7, 2017

Cover Crop Productivity In Corn And Soybean Systems

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Research Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist, Charles Shapiro - Extension Soil Scientist—Crop Nutrition, Humberto Blanco - Professor of Soil Science

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September 8, 2017

Review Herbicide Restrictions Before Planting Forage Cover Crops

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

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September 8, 2017

Market Journal on Cover Crops and Weed Control, Drones, and Making Silage

Chart depicting relationship between soil organic carbon and available water holding capacity in sandy soil.

September 29, 2017

The Water-Soil Health Connection

Cattle grazing in corn stalks

October 26, 2017

Farm Evolution to Focus on Integrating Crop/Livestock Systems

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

February 12, 2018

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

Rye cover crop

February 13, 2018

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

Don Batie with his strip-till soybean plot.

February 21, 2018

Growers Share about Their On-Farm Research

By Lisa Jasa - Former CropWatch Editor

CO2 sensor in rye cover crop

February 26, 2018

Cover Crop and CO2 Emissions

By 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