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Cover Crops

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April 6, 2018

Insects in Cover Crop Systems

Manure application into cereal rye cover crop in the fall

April 4, 2018

Research Updates

Soybean seedlings in no-till field

March 29, 2018

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

By Paul Jasa - Extension Engineer

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

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

Market Journal

March 2, 2018

Market Journal Looks at Farm Bill Discussions

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

Don Batie with his strip-till soybean plot.

February 21, 2018

Growers Share about Their On-Farm Research

By Lisa Jasa - Former CropWatch Editor

Rye cover crop

February 13, 2018

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

Soil health summer field days

February 12, 2018

Southeast Nebraska Soil Health Conference March 5

By Gary Lesoing - Former Extension Educator

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?

Cover crop plots

January 26, 2018

Nebraska Cover Crop Conference Feb. 15 for Corn, Soybean Growers

By Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus

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January 8, 2018

Integrating Cover Crops into a Corn and Soybean Cropping System

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Research Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Horticulture, Chris Proctor - Weed Management Extension Educator, Angela Bastidas - Ph.D. Student in Agronomy, Roger Elmore - Emeritus Extension Cropping Systems Agronomist

Cattle grazing in corn stalks

October 26, 2017

Farm Evolution to Focus on Integrating Crop/Livestock Systems

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

September 29, 2017

The Water-Soil Health Connection

Cover crop plots

September 15, 2017

Cover Crop Field Day Monday, Sept. 25 near Lincoln

By Paul Jasa - Extension Engineer

Bohling Farm

September 14, 2017

Cover Crop Field Day and Tour Sept. 19 in Southeast Nebraska

By Gary Lesoing - Former Extension Educator

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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

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