The Midwest Cover Crop Council is producing a very useful tool for those interested in venturing into no-till. Here’s the link to their web information
. They look at a variety of factors - location, soil type, crops planted after the cover crop and more.
But for general information, here are a range of attributes we’ve [...]
Grand Lake St. Mary’s in Ohio not only serves recreational and agricultural uses, it’s also part of the drinking water for many western Ohio residents. The lake in recent decades has been degraded, in part due to agricultural runoff.
This week, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency [...]
Continue reading about Use of Cover Crops - including Annual Ryegrass - to Clean Up Ohio Lakes
Dan Towery and Hans Kok, Ph.D., are Indiana’s new Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) team.
Towery and Kok will work closely with farm operators around the state to encourage the adoption of long term continuous no-till practices utilizing cover crops, nutrient and pest management, precision farming technology, and the use of conservation buffers.
Towery has been a [...]
Continue reading about Dan Towery Named to Indiana Conservation Cropping System Initiative
Let’s Stick to Horizontal Farming for Now
Climate change calamatists…people who’ve panicked about the changes in Earth’s biosphere… say that in 50 years our farmlands will be reduced to wastelands.
Last week, a popular opinion column in the New York Times concluded that, under this scenario, “the majority of people could soon be without food or water.” [...]
With snow still on the ground and more forecast for the Midwest, it’s early yet to tell about some cover crops…how they fared this winter.
“I’ve heard from a few farmers though, located in the Midwest swath between I-70 and I-80, who are concerned that the brown fields where they planted annual ryegrass last fall won’t [...]
Continue reading about More on winterkill and tips to avoid it
Soon enough, Dan Towery will be reporting here regularly about cover crops in general and annual ryegrass specifically. Dan’s gone wireless, which means he can post here from conferences, his office, a hotel room or his pick up. Ah, the wonders of the electronic age.
Dan worked for years at the NRCS office and the Conservation [...]
