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Annual Conference Sessions: Cover Crops
Annual Conference Cover Crop Sessions
2020
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment for Different Situations | Jaron Wilson, Dean Schultes & Eric Madsen | |
| Panel: Outfitting Equipment for Planting Into Cover Crops | Craig Fleishman, | |
| Panel: Outfitting Equipment for Planting Into Cover Crops | Mike Van Zee | |
| Panel: Outfitting Equipment for Planting Into Cover Crops | Michael Vittetoe | |
| Panel: Innovative Ways to Establish Cover Crops | David Pieper, Erich Wickman & Kellie Blair | |
| On-Farm Cover Crops Research in Practice | Jon Bakehouse & Sam Bennett | |
| Reducing Yield Variability Through Soil Health | Wayne Fredericks & Jerry Hatfield | |
| Planting Corn in 60-Inch Row-Widths for Interseeding Cover Crops | Stefan Gailans & Nathan Anderson | |
| Interseeding Alfalfa or Red Clover Into Corn as Dual-Purpose Cover and Forage Crops | John Grabber | |
| Cover Crop Collaboration: Adding the Neighbor's Livestock | Pete Marshall & Mark Peterson | |
| Synergizing Cover Crops and Herbicide Use | Meaghan Anderson | |
| Growing Crops 365 Days a Year | Loran Steinlage | PDF1 |
| Growing Crops 365 Days a Year | Loran Steinlage | PDF2 |
2019
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Cover Crops Seeding Methods | Adam Nechanicky | |
| Starting a Cover Crop Seed Business | Dean Sponheim | |
| Starting a Cover Crop Seed Business | Mac Ehrhardt | |
| Starting a Cover Crop Seed Business | Dean Sponheim & Mac Ehrhardt | Handout |
| Cover Crops for Weed Control in Field Crops | Anita Dille | see YouTube video |
| What's the Soil Missing? Integrated Crop Rotation and Livestock | Trent Sanderson | |
| Managing Weed Control in an Organic Crop Rotation | Megan Wallendal | |
| Panel: Planting Corn Following a Cover Crop | Brent Larson | |
| Panel: Planting Corn and Soybeans Following a Cover Crop | Trent Sanderson | |
| Grazing Cover Crops for Profit | Meghan Filbert | |
| Using Science and On-Farm Research to Investigate Cover Crops in Iowa | Dr. Stefan Gailans |
2018
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Developing Relationships to Implement Conservation on Rented Cropland | Mike Helland and Lee Tesdell | |
| An Economic Evaluation of Cover Crops in Midwestern Agriculture | Alejandro Plastina | |
| Using the SmartMix Calculator to Develop Good Cover Crop Mixes | Keith Berns | |
| Cover Crops and Crop Rotations in Organic Systems Without Livestock | Mark Doudlah | Video |
| Doudlah Farms Organics: Why and How we Transitioned to Organic | Mark Doudlah | |
| Learning From On-Farm Research: Field Crops | Tim Sieren | |
| Learning From On-Farm Research: Field Crops | Jack Boyer | |
| Learning From On-Farm Research: Field Crops | Stefan Gailans |
2017
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Cover Crops 201 | Chris Teachout & Loran Steinlage | |
| Grazing Cover Crops | Mark Schleisman | |
| Cover Crops and Conservation on Rented Ground | Chris Teachout & Chris Henning | |
| A Decade of Cover Crop Research | Joel Gruver | |
| Intro to Cover Crops for Vegetables | Mark Quee | |
| Growing Your Own Cover Crop Seed | Chris Gaesser & Dick Sloan | |
| Reducing Herbicide with Cover Crops | Doug Adams & Wade Dooley | |
| Roller-Crimping Cover Crops | Levi Lyle and Billy Sammons |
2016
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Inter-Seeding Cover Crops to Corn | Bryce Irlbeck | |
| Rolling Cover Crops with Modified Equipment | Dave Schmidt | |
| Rolling Cover Crops with Modified Equipment | Francis Thicke | |
| Rolling Cover Crops with Modified Equipment | Doug Alert |
2015
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Healthy Plants Grow in Healthy Soils | Jill Clapperton | |
| Healthy Plants Grow in Healthy Soils Q & A | Jill Clapperton | |
| Fear of Change in Cover Crop Adoption | Blake Vince | |
| Global Overview of Farmland Conservation | Blake Vince | |
| Cover Crops or Forage Crops? | Joe Sellers | |
| Cover Crops, Weeds and Herbicides | Bob Hartzler |
2014
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrient Reduction Strategies | Tim Smith |
2013
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Cover Crops 101 | Rob Stout | |
| Cover Crops 101 | Tom Kaspar |
2012
| Topic | Speaker | Presentation PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Paul Ackley | |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Dave Robison | |
| Benefits of Cover Crops | Tom Kaspar | |
| Benefits of Cover Crops | Dave Robison |