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Cover Crops

Soil health summer field days

February 12, 2018

Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference March 5

By Gary Lesoing - Former Extension Educator

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

Market Journal

March 2, 2018

Market Journal Looks at Farm Bill Discussions

Figure 1. Grazing cover crops planted after corn harvest can be a win-win situation for both crop and livestock producers. An April 4 Nebraska Extension field day will explore some of the challenges and opportunities and showcase recent university research on implementing the system in eastern Nebraska.

March 7, 2018

April 4 Conference to Focus on Capturing Value of Cover Crops as Forages

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.

March 8, 2018

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

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

Soybean seedlings in no-till field

March 29, 2018

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

By Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

Manure application into cereal rye cover crop in the fall

April 4, 2018

Research Updates

cropwatch graphic

April 6, 2018

Insects in Cover Crop Systems

Cereal rye cover crop

April 19, 2018

Q&A on Grazing Cereal Rye after an Anhydrous Application

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

Cover crop field with mixed-species plantings

April 20, 2018

Timing of Cover Crop Termination and Related Factors

By 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