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
GROW Resources on Cover Crops and Weed Suppression December 20, 2022 Grow IWM Cover crops can be an important part of a farmer’s weed control strategy. But successfully using cover crops for weed... Read More
A Better View of Cover Crops Could Help Weed Control November 16, 2022 Grow IWM Imagine a farmer flying a drone over a rye cover crop field. An app on his smartphone quickly generates a map of the field... Read More
Rolling Through Planting: How One Farmer Multi-Tasks with Cover Crops August 26, 2022 Grow IWM Why make two passes across a field when one will do? That’s the logic that has motivated Virginia farmer John Shepherd to run... Read More
How to quantify the benefits of cover crops with Steven Mirsky April 15, 2022 Grow IWM In a recent episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, associate editor Sarah Hill talked with Steven Mirsky about adopting cover... Read More
How to Get Rid Of Weeds with multiple tactic layers May 4, 2021 Grow IWM Dr. Ramon Leon, North Carolina State University Extension and Research Weed Scientist, discusses how to manage winter and summer... Read More
Plan Your Cover Crops For Weed Suppression September 17, 2020 Grow IWM When it’s time to plan your cover crops for weed suppression, choosing the right planting timing as well as the right type of... Read More
Using “Planting Green” to Help Manage Weeds May 9, 2020 Grow IWM Planting green allows the cover crops to grow for an additional few weeks and allows them to produce more biomass. The... Read More
Cotton Weed Management With a Cereal Rye Cover Crops February 5, 2020 Grow IWM Weed management in cotton has become more challenging due to an increase in herbicide-resistant weeds, such as horseweed and... Read More