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A study looking at the impact of winter cereal rye on crop yield and soil 12 Iowa farms from 2008-2019.
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Discussing a new conservation practice with your tenant can be challenging. To help begin the conversation, we created a new publication series with talking points and relevant research findings about specific conservation practices.
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This Field Day Toolkit is the product of Iowa Learning Farms’ many years of planning and hosting field day events across the state of Iowa. While ILF utilizes many different outreach approaches, the importance of farmer-to-farmer interactions cannot be overstated. Field days do matter.
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This study was conducted at six ISU research farms and the project compared three treatments: single species, mixture, and no cover crop.
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The project compared three different seeding techniques: above and below crop canopy using a high clearance interseeder and drilling after harvest.
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The study includes Iowa farmer partners using winter rye on a portion of their fields for five years. Findings from the farmer partners have been summarized into documents available for download:
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This tool can be used similarly as the Cost Calculator to find out seeding rates for several varieties of single species cover crops and for mixes too.
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The downloadable Excel file calculates the total cost of using the cover crop including seed, application, and chemical termination.
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These Iowa farmers have graciously offered to assist new cover crop users by offering information or answer any questions on the use and management of cover crops.
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Iowa State University Extension publication.
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A quick-read of cover crop terms and their meanings.
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An "infographic" for a quick overview of cover crops in Iowa.
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In addition to conservation purposes, cover crops can provide forage for livestock producers. It is important for livestock producers to consider restrictions on labels of herbicides used earlier in the growing season if they intend to use the cover crop as a forage source.
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