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December 7, 2018

Cover Crops (Rye Grass)

COVER CROPS ...

Cover crops forum Dec. 18

Keynote speaker will be Loran Steinlage from West Union

December 6, 2018

Edwin Ritchey, UK extension soils specialist, gets ready to seed a cover crop mixture into double-crop soybeans earlier this fall at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton. (Photo by Steve Patton, UK agricultural communications)

STUDY ...

Cover crops following double-crop soybeans

UK researchers are studying the best way to seed cover crops into double-crop soybeans

November 25, 2018

FUNDING ANNOUNCED ...

Funds to support water quality, soil health

Cover Crop Initiative safeguards watershed in Eastern Finger Lakes region

November 15, 2018

Cover crop growth in harvested cornfield. (Courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

TOURS ...

Iowa Beef Center will host 6 cover crop tours

Tours are part of a fall grazing cover crops risk management project funded through NIFA

November 15, 2018

Iowa Learning Farms, along with the Clayton County Soil and Water Conservation District, will host a cover crop field day on Thursday, November 29th from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Luana Savings Bank. (Screenshot from flyer)

FIELD DAY ...

Cover crop field day to be held in Luana Nov. 29

The event is free, open to the whole family and includes a complimentary meal

November 14, 2018

FIELD DAY ...

Cover crops and saturated buffer field day Nov. 28

The event is free, open to the whole family and includes a complimentary meal

November 6, 2018

Cover Crops (Rye Grass)

COVER CROP STUDY ...

Five-year cover crop mixtures study

Significant nitrate reduction and unchanged crop yields

November 2, 2018

Angus cows graze on cover crops at Tom Finnegan’s farm in Minnesota.

TOUR ...

Cover crop tours to feature fall grazing

Two tours are scheduled in Northwest Iowa

October 31, 2018

Iowa Learning Farms, along with Cedar Creek Partnership Project and Wapello County Soil and Water Conservation District, will host a cover crops and grazing cover crops field day on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Swanson Farm, rural Ottumwa. (Courtesy of ISU Extension and Outreach)

FIELD DAY ...

Cover crops field day near Agency on Nov. 20

The event is free, open to the whole family and includes a complimentary meal

October 30, 2018

Iowa Learning Farms, along with Cedar Creek Partnership Project and Wapello County Soil and Water Conservation District, will host a cover crops and grazing cover crops field day on Tuesday, November 20th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Swanson Farm, rural Ottumwa. (Courtesy of Iowa Learning Farms)

FIELD DAY ...

Cover crops and grazing cover crops field day

Tuesday, November 20th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Swanson Farm