Advanced Cover Cropping Insights from Farmer Experts - Steve Groff

It takes overcoming a lot of uncomfortableness to cover crop and plant green. This session will discuss planting green and the trials and tribulations over the last 10 years. Session highlights include: • Tips and tricks for successful termination of cover crops like annual ryegrass, cereal rye, and legumes • Understanding timing, method, and the current weather situation to maximize cover crop benefits and cash crop establishment • Finding balance in how green and how much biomass is a good balance to attain high yields • Developing processes that help the farm system as a whole (i.e. putting rape in the cover crop to help pollinators early in the season) This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at http://www.sare.org/covercropconferen.... Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.