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New Tech Measures Cover Crop Biomass, Weed Fighting Potential

Collaborative study of “structure from motion” has shown accurate assessments of cereal rye cover crop stands can be made using inexpensive GoPro cameras and sophisticated computer analysis
Research into accurately estimating total biomass of standing cover crops from a moving tractor may eventually spawn new ways for no-tillers to save money on planting rates and herbicide use in row crops.
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[Podcast] How Much No-Till is Worth, According to Rod Rejesus

For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, we're joined by Rod Rejesus, who studies economics, land values and crop insurance for North Carolina State University. He and collaborators from other academic institutions authored and published a paper earlier this year showing increased land values corresponding with a 1% increase in no-till adoption at the county level.
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, we're joined by Rod Rejesus, who studies economics, land values and crop insurance for North Carolina State University. He and collaborators from other academic institutions authored and published a paper earlier this year showing increased land values corresponding with a 1% increase in no-till adoption at the county level.
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Nitrogen Release From Vetch, Clover Studied

In collaboration with the Organic Grains Research group, Mary Parr, graduate student in the Soil Science department at NCSU, has been investigating nitrogen (N) fixation and release in a system involving roll-killed winter legume cover crops followed by no-till organic corn.
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