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Farmer Dave Gruenbaum plants corn as he terminates off-season cover crops with a roller near Plain City, Ohio, May 2021.
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Farming for the climate

U.S. growers embrace cover crops while eyeing low-carbon future

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Reuters – Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will be killed off with a weed killer next spring before McCormick plants soybeans in the same dirt. The barley and radishes will not
Manitoba farmer Ryan Boyd says the key challenge is both sides carving out enough value to find a win-win situation.
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Let’s make a deal. How crops and livestock producers can work together for their mutual benefit

Livestock and grain producers can work together for better results, but there are plenty of details to work out

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Blake Vince adopted a “Field of Dreams” philosophy when he decided to custom graze his cover crops this year — if he builds it, someone will come — so he started fencing and laying out a watering system. Vince’s farm in southwestern Ontario is a rare breed: a grain operation courting livestock integration. As a
Regenerative dairy farmers Henry Nyhof (left to right), Sean Smith and Paul Kernaleguen with conference organizer Ryan Boyd.
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other

Dairy farmers well positioned for regenerative ag, producers say

BALANCES | Increased grazing has seen decreases in butterfat but overall increases in cows’ health, reduced input costs

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Canadian dairy farmers may be among the best positioned to take up regenerative farming practices, said producers during a panel discussion at the 2021 Regenerative Ag Conference, held in Brandon Nov. 15 to 17. Supply management means a steady income which can give farmers more confidence to take risks, said Sean Smith, a dairy farmer near Minnedosa. Fairly small herds
Callum Morrison takes moisture readings in a soybean cash crop that is part of a long-term cover cropping field trial in Carman.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Cover crop survey reveals risks and benefits

Producers like the potential but say short season, lack of moisture key concerns

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Planting a cover crop is a new idea this far north. It has its agronomic advantages, it keeps roots in the soil after the harvest, although it comes with its problems as well, especially in Western Canada. Prairie farmers were historically skeptical about cover cropping. Some say it’s purposely growing “weeds” that will deplete your
Laura Van Eerd shows the difference between corn grown on cover-cropped soil versus non-cover-cropped soil in this composite photo.
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Long-term Ontario studies showing value of cover crops

Boosting organic matter in soils proved to boost profit margins and reduce yield variation year to year

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A series of long-term studies in southern Ontario are showing the value of cover crops and boosting soil organic matter. When combining data across experiments and research stations, University of Guelph soil scientist Laura Van Eerd said they consistently saw higher corn and soybean yields correlate to higher soil organic matter. Van Eerd spoke during a webinar hosted
Crops

Cover crop becomes double crop on Manitoba farm

Marg Rempel says they purposely set the combine to throw a bit over and seed the land as they harvested

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Double cropping is rare in Manitoba, but Marg Rempel did just that on 200 acres of her farm near Ste. Anne this year. The first was a 70-bushel-an-acre barley crop harvested in early August. The second was barley silage grown in the same field that yielded between 1.5 and two tonnes an acre harvested by another farmer for livestock
ReWild co-founder Kennedy Collins in his home garden.
Farmit Manitoba

Manitoba seed company brings regenerative ag to garden scale

ReWild Garden Seed’s Spring Fling Cover Crop blend is designed to boost soil health and water infiltration in home gardens

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A team of Manitoba farmers and gardeners are taking their love of regenerative farming and shrinking it from field to garden. “When we started regenerative farming on my family farm, we turned to cover cropping to replace our reliance on fertilizers,” said Joseph Gardiner, co-founder of ReWild Garden Seed in a news release May 13.
A clover cover crop seeded among a spent cereal crop. The watershed district program hopes to see 1,200 acres of cover crops enrolled in 2021.
Crops, News

Watershed program looks for takers on cover crops

Producers in western and west-central Manitoba may be able to tap funds to plant cover crops this year

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Three watershed districts in western Manitoba want producers to try their hand at cover crops or intercrops. The window is open for producers to sign on with a cover crop program in the Assiniboine West, Central Assiniboine or Souris River Watershed Districts. The three districts run up the western edge of the province from the
Rye, seeded as a cover crop into corn.
Crops

Rye most often-grown cover crop

A new extension publication addresses questions about rye as a cover crop

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Cover crops are becoming increasingly important as a component of sustainable agriculture production. “Properly managed cover crops can reduce soil losses from wind and water erosion, reduce nitrogen losses, utilize excessive soil moisture, promote biodiversity, suppress weeds, improve soil structure and improve trafficability of fields,” says Hans Kandel, North Dakota State University Extension agronomist. In temperate regions of

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