Should You Adjust Cover Crop Seeding Rates as Planting Dates Change? August 22, 2023 Grow IWM Cover crop seeding is often the last box to check in the fall for farmers, and planting windows don’t always cooperate. ... Read More
Farmer Case Study: Using Wheat as a Cover Crop & Managing Nitrogen Tie-Up June 20, 2023 Grow IWM “We are in Palmer amaranth country down here,” as Cumberland, Virginia farmer Anthony Beery puts it. Beery, who grows row... Read More
How Does Planting Green Affect Herbicide Use, Soil Moisture & More? June 8, 2023 Grow IWM The practice of planting green into a living cover crop stand can be a great tool for suppressing weeds, but it comes with a lot... Read More
How to Sample Cover Crop Biomass April 21, 2023 Grow IWM What are you getting out of your cover crop? Knowing how much of each cover crop species is growing in your field is the first... Read More
Planting Green: Do Higher Cover Crop Seeding Rates Improve Weed Suppression? April 11, 2023 Grow IWM The idea that increasing cover crop seeding rates will increase the cover crop’s biomass and weed suppressive benefits is a... Read More
Four Takeaways on Cover Crops and Weed Control from WSSA February 7, 2023 Grow IWM Using cover crops for weed suppression can be complicated, so it’s little surprise that the past decade’s worth of research... Read More
A Deep Dive Into Mapping Fields with High Speed Cameras January 31, 2023 Grow IWM Have a field brimming with thousands of weeds or cover crops and no idea what all is out there? Søren Skovsen is working... Read More
Mapping Tools Offer Farmers a Big Picture View of Crop Management January 17, 2023 Grow IWM When moving through a field row by row, weed by weed, it can be hard for farmers to see the big picture. Researchers from GROW... Read More
Explore How Planting Green Affects Crop Insects and Disease January 9, 2023 Grow IWM Planting green can be a risky business. The practice of planting cash crops into green, living cover crops is gaining popularity,... Read More