The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced a new pilot program that enables farmers in the Prairie Pothole region to receive payments for planting cover crops on their land for three to five years. The new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) pilot is available to producers in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Justin Landeck of Dawn Equipment introduces the new Underground Ag InRowl cover crop roller, specially designed for rolling covers after planting a cash crop.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we caught up with Gaston, Indiana, no-tiller Jason Mauck by phone and he shared some details about how his ever-evolving Constant Canopy system works and some of the experiments he’s been implementing to utilize the abundant manure generated by the 12,000 hogs in his operation.

Experts at Kansas State University Extension review important considerations and guidelines for terminating cover crops properly, including NRCS rules and challenges that can be posted by herbicide programs.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Mfg., we caught up with Mike Bredeson, a research scientist with the Ecdysis Foundation who'll share some of his findings about how neonicotinoids are metabolized as well as background info on the Ecdysis Foundation.