Innovative Methods and Tips for Getting Cover Crops Planted in a Timely Manner
By: Stephanie Karhoff This blog post is a summary of Steve Groff’s National Cover Crop Summit session of the same title. Steve Groff will also be a speaker at the “Cows Under the Covers” Grazing & Cover Crop Workshop on…
Making Lemonade Out of Lemons – OSU eFields Seeks Farmer Collaborators for Cover Crop Establishment Study
By: Stephanie Karhoff To risk sounding redundant, 2019 has been a challenging year. According to the Farm Service Agency, adverse weather conditions resulted in 1,485,919 Prevented Planting acres across Ohio. With challenge, however, comes opportunity.
Don’t Leave Mycorrhizae Stranded in Your Prevented Planting Acres
By: Stephanie Karhoff What are mycorrhizae? Mycorrhizae are beneficial fungi that colonize plant roots. They aid plants in scavenging for soil nutrients, by extending the root system via structures called hyphae. In return, plants provide sugars produced during photosynthesis to…
Thinking about Cover Crops…thoughts to consider
By: Sarah Noggle and Alan Sundermeier Decisions, decisions these days. When it comes to selecting the right cover crop for your farm, there is no one-size-fits-all option. This document is to help those of you new to cover crops with…
Noxious Weeds in Cover Crop Seed and Seed Germination
By: Alexander Lindsey, Laura Lindsey, Mark Loux, Anne Dorrance, Stan Smith, John Armstrong Seed quality is key to establishing a good crop (or cover crop). Some of the critical components of seed quality are percent germination, mechanical analysis for purity…
