UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Identifying Opportunities and Planning Successful cover cropping starts with a strong crop plan and requires additional planning around cash-crop termination and no-till seeding methods. This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Policy support has also been crucial, as have creative financing mechanisms. A great example is Oerth Bio’s work to develop PROTACs that will help crops manage through environmental stressors without losing yield. Falling costs due to positive feedback loops have been the most significant factor in increased deployment.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. Rolling a field of a cover like cereal rye depends on the timing. But farm-chemical exposure is no laughing matter.

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