Comparing cover crop use by horticultural and commodity producers

The paper “Comparing cover crop use by horticultural and commodity producers” explores how horticultural and commodity farmers use cover crops differently. Starting in the winter of 2012–13, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) surveyed U.S. farmers about their cover crop experiences. This study shares results...

Read More

Encouraging Farmer Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the United States

Regenerative agriculture practices have innumerable short- and long-term benefits. Through comprehensive consultations with major stakeholders, @GlobalAgDev identifies gaps and recommends ways to address how to scale regenerative ag in a new report written by our own Dr. Kelly Wilson and Dr. Rob Myers.

Read More

How Conservation Practices Influence Agricultural Economic Returns

This paper is intended to help agricultural lenders and other members of the farm finance community better understand how soil health conservation practices, particularly conservation tillage and cover crops, affect both on-farm profitability and off-farm economics.

Read More

Farmer Perspectives: How Regenerative Agriculture Benefits Wildlife

Regenerative farmers understand that wildlife on the farm can be a good thing! In this video, three Missouri farmers describe the regenerative agriculture practices they use to promote wildlife and the benefits they’ve seen.

Read More

Soil Profile and Soil Horizons

Want to learn the basics of soil profile and soil horizons? This Youtube video from MooMooMath and Science provides a useful and clearly explained overview!

Read More

Video Series: What is Sustainable Agriculture?

This animated video series from SARE provides an overview of topic areas in sustainable agriculture.

Read More

Podcast: Multifunctional Agroforestry with Dr. Sarah Lovell

In this episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, MU’s Dr. Sarah Lovell discusses the various uses and forms of agroforestry, how agroforestry can benefit both farmers and their surrounding communities, and some tips for implementing agroforestry at scale. Tune in to learn: What are the main functions...

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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...

Read More

Filter Resources

  • Topic

  • Format

  • Level of Expertise

  • Audience

  • Reset

Sign Up For Our Email Newsletter

Newsletter Signup
Audience Type
Sign me up for: