Cover crops are typically used by producers in dryland no-till cropping systems to improve soil health, reduce soil compaction, enhance nutrient cycling, improve soil structure, and improve water infiltration. Producers may be able to realize some income from cover crops by grazing or haying them. But is this a good idea or will it cancel out any benefit the cover crops would otherwise have on soil properties and residue cover?

Here are 10 recommendations to help make your spraying more efficient and effective, resulting in a higher level of biological efficacy expected from pesticides applied.

Aside from a few specific instances, seed treatments for small grains are much like life insurance; they pay only when disaster strikes during the very early stages of the crop, according to the University of Minnesota. 

The report also found that programs like the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQUIP) and Conservation Reserve Program pay for practices the group claims make environmental practices worse in 12 agriculturally intensive states.