cover crop

Cattle move between a field planted to a cover crop and a grass pasture. Producers in the Southern Great Plains must balance forage type and quantity with grazing duration to make grazing cover crops economically viable. (Paul DeLaune/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Crops, Forage Crops, Soil Health, Southern Region, Texas

Texas A&M AgriLife releases cover crop grazing guidance

New fact sheets help producers balance soil health, forage production and profitability in Southern Great Plains. Read More

A field of CoverCress near Havana, Illinois. (Courtesy photo.)
Crops, Soybeans

CoverCress is ready for its close-up 

One of the many topics featured in the Sept. 27 Regenerative Agriculture Field Day at Lamesa will be soil health management. (Photo by Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife.)
Regional Roundup, Southern Region

Regenerative agriculture field day Lamesa Texas



(Photo courtesy of Iowa State University.)

Fall field day to be held at Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm 

More farmers are adding fall cover crops to their corn-for-grain, cotton, and soybean fields

Cover crop mixes account for 18%-25% of major commodity acreage with cover crops

Deadline is Dec. 1 for cover crop cost-share slots

Nebraska Extension hosting cover crop grazing conference Nov. 1

Comparing cover crop planting methods

  • By By Nate Dorsey, Katie Pekarek, Katja Koehler-Cole, and Jenny Rees, UNL Extension

Soil health and water management among topics at Fall Soil Health Field Training Day

Oklahoma water center aims to conserve water through cover crops