Video Recordings: 2021 Missouri State Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health

Watch video recordings of the virtual 2021 Missouri State Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health.

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Video: How Regenerative Agriculture and Diversity Saved the Hemme Family Farm

This video from the Noble Research Institute highlights the Hemme Farm and their experiences with Regenerative Agriculture.

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Using Cover Crops to Improve Water Quality

This resource discusses how cover crops can can improve water quality by reducing erosion, runoff, and leaching by improving soil health.

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Cover Crops: A Cost-Effective Tool for Controlling Erosion

This resource discusses the costs of soil erosion and explains how cover crops and reduced tillage can limit erosion before it begins by protecting soil from raindrops and increasing infiltration.

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COVER CROPS IN THE US: Current status and trends

In the last decade, we’ve seen remarkable growth of cover cropping use in every crop-producing region of the US1.  According to the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, over 150,00 farms reported using cover crops. Here, we provide an overview of cover cropping trends in the US, with a few key statistics and figures that illustrate...

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Ecosystem Services from Cover Crops – SARE fact sheets

SARE’s Ecosystem Services from Cover Crops resources address the role of cover crops in nutrient management, erosion, infiltration, soil organic matter, supporting wildlife and beneficial insects, and carbon sequestration. They are available for use by educators, farmers and others interested in sharing information about the role of cover crops in protecting water quality. View the...

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Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

This 16-page bulletin from Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) will help you use cover crops to encourage populations of pollinators and beneficial insects while also addressing other resource concerns.

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Progress Report: Adoption of Soil Health Systems

Read this Progress Report: Adoption of Soil Health Systems Based on Data from the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture to learn about current trends in cover crop and no-till usage in the United States. This report released by the Soil Health Institute is based on data from the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture, released...

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MCCC Cover Crop Recipes

The Midwest Cover Crops Council provides these "Cover Crop Recipes" to provide a starting point for farmers who are new to growing cover crops. They include resources specific to each Midwest state.

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SARE Cover Crop Resources

This Topic Room on cover crops from Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides an overview of cover crops with links to additional in-depth resources throughout. The information is available on the webpage below. It is also available for download as a PDF topic brief shown to the right.

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