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Hear how and why your peers are incorporating practices that improve soil health, like cover crops, into their operations.
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Ray Gaesser – SARE National Conference on Cover Crops & Soil Health
The increase in severe rains showed Iowa farmer Ray Gaesser that no-till, waterways and terraces couldn’t handle those events alone. He describes his learning process in gradually increasing cover crop acres, working toward his goal of using them on every acre.
Seeding Cover Crops While Harvesting
Learn from Jim O’Connell, a farmer based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as he shares his experience with seeding cover crops while harvesting corn or soybeans.
Seeding Cover Crops with Drones
Learn from Alex and his daughter, Emma Menzel, drone applicators based in Archie, Missouri, as they share their experiences with seeding cover crops with drones into corn and soybeans. Video by The Center for Regenerative Agriculture.
Trying Cover Crops – The Neal Bredehoeft Way
Neal Bredehoeft wears many hats in the agriculture industry. He has run his family’s century-old farm, Bredehoeft Farms Inc., in Alma, Missouri, with his two brothers and nephew since returning in the 1970s. He also currently serves on the United Soybean Board and the farmer advisory board for Farmers for Soil Health. His operation has incorporated soil health practices since the mid-1950s, when his father implemented terracing. Hear Neal’s experience using cover crops as a tool to manage soil erosion, boost soil organic matter and improve his soil’s health.
Webinar – Improving Choices: Farmer Takeaways from the National Cover Crop Variety Project
This video is part of the FSH education series supported by the Soil Health Institute (SHI) and the Center for Regenerative Agriculture (CRA) at the University of Missouri. In this webinar, Dr. Etienne Sutton shares key insights from the 2024–2025 National Cover Crop Variety Project (NCCVP), a USDA-funded effort evaluating cover crop performance across regions and growing conditions. Topics include practical takeaways from field trials, variety performance by region, and breeding advances aimed at improving traits such as establishment, winter hardiness, forage quality, and seed yield.