The editors of Cover Crop Strategies are pleased to introduce the sponsors for the 2021 National Cover Crop Summit (NCCS): Fall Edition, Nov. 16-17. Montag Mfg, Kelly Tillage System, MidWest Bio-Tech, and Underground Agriculture continue their support of the virtual conference.

The USDA is looking to create a set of pilot projects that provides incentives to implement climate smart conservation practices on working lands and to quantify and monitor the carbon and greenhouse gases associated with those practices. The pilot projects could even expand or develop new and additional markets.

USDA reported 18% of corn crops harvested, above the 14% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

Landowners could receive payments of $25 per acre on up to 1,000 acres if cover crops are established in their fields for the purposes of soil health, according to a preliminary Senate draft of the Build Back Better bill and corresponding budget. Non-operating landowners could receive payments of $5 per acre for encouraging tenants to seed covers on rented fields.

A previous article on an impending shortage of glyphosate offered several burndown options for no-till wheat, but this shortage affects fall herbicide decisions also, says Ohio State University.

USDA reported 10% of corn crops harvested, above the 8% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

For this Strip-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with Mike Bredeson, a research scientist with the Ecdysis Foundation, where he studies the interdependence of plants and insects alongside innovative farmers who are seeking to create healthy soils while growing resilient and profitable crops.

Shortages and supply chain problems have hit the ag industry in a variety of ways in the past couple of years. And just when you think nothing else could happen, the supply of glyphosate, which is usually way more abundant than water in the American West, has apparently become short, forcing decisions about where glyphosate has the most value, says Ohio State University.

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended September 12 reported 87% of corn dented, below the 88% reported dented in the same week last year.