Jeff Martin
No-Till Innovator of the Year Alum and No-Till Farmer Legend from Mt. Pulaski, Ill.

CoverCress for No-Tillers: Experiences with a Third Cash/Cover Crop

CoverCress is a climate-smart rotational cash/cover crop developed to meet he demand for renewable fuels without displacing other harvested crops. Jeff Martin, a No-Till Innovator of the Year Alum and No-Till Farmer Legend from Mt. Pulaski, Ill., shares his experience with the new crop over 5 years of onfarm research plots. Martin details his 8,000-acre operation’s experience in planting (vertical tillage/air seeder) while sharing how corn and soybeans respond after harvest. Experts project an adoption of 3 million acres of the crop in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri by 2030. You will learn the pros/cons of a third cash crop for Midwestern farmers and the nuances of raising it among corn and soybean production.