Author: mdruark
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Posted on April 26, 2018
Cover crop field guide – the app
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) has reformatted its popular field guide to create the Midwest Cover Crops Field Scout mobile app for […]
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Posted on June 24, 2017
Award winning soil health research in Wisconsin
Recent research has identified how crop rotation in Wisconsin can influence labile pools of C and N. In-short, on Mollisols of southern Wisconsin, big changes […]
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Posted on June 13, 2017
How can we get more clover cover crops planted in our fields?
Reprinted from AgWaterExchange (http://agwaterexchange.com/2017/06/12/can-get-clover-cover-crops-planted-fields/) Legume cover crops, such as red, berseem, and crimson clover, are cover crops that have the clearest short term economic benefit […]
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Posted on November 25, 2015
Farmer-tested, environment approved: Develop a winning cropping strategy
Interested in hearing more about efficient cropping system management? Then head over to the Wisconsin Dells for the 4th Annual UW Discovery Farms Winter Conference. […]
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2016 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference (January 12-14)
On January 12 – 14, 2016 the agribusiness industries of Wisconsin will come together at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison for the Wisconsin Crop […]
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Posted on September 30, 2015
Discovery Farms 2015 Summer Update
Interested in what Discovery Farms has been up to this summer? Check out the fact sheet to learn more about how Discovery Farms is communicating […]
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Posted on September 18, 2015
Save the date – February 24th, 2016 – The Science of Cover Crops Conference
Download the save the date flyer here.
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Posted on August 28, 2015
Is interseeding of cover crops into corn a viable management practice?
For farmers interested in planting cover crops for erosion, nutrient, and soil health benefits, getting cover crops established in the corn or soybean phases of […]
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Posted on April 24, 2015
Cover crop and soil quality research presentations
Four research talks and one poster from the 2014 ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting are available for viewing online. The research addresses the effect cover crops, manure application, […]
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Posted on March 13, 2015
Nutrient use and cover crop presentations from Iowa and Minnesota available online
Two of Dr. Ruark’s presentations on nutrient cycling and cover crops are now available online. The first was as part of Minnesota’s Crop Nutrient Management Conference […]