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Final Reflections and Lessons from Retailer Cover Crop Trials
In a previous ISAP blog post, we introduced a trial partnership between Illini FS and The Nature Conservancy, with funding from the Illinois Soybean Association. Using Illini FS cover crop drilling and Nu-tracker soil testing services, we implemented seven split-field cover crop trials. These plots were subjected to three rounds of soil and plant tissue testing to better educate retailers...
East Central Illinois Retailer Commits to Conservation Trials and Services
With the recent update of the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy showing that work still needs to be done in order to reach the goals outlined in the strategy, increasing adoption of conservation practices is as important as ever. Farmers often turn to their retailer for products, services, and agronomy knowledge. Similarly, given the impact conservation practices can have on the...
Using Citizen Science to Understand Cover Crop Performance in the Great Lakes Region
On November 9th, 2023, ICCON was joined by Etienne Sutton, a PhD candidate and National Institute of Food and Agriculture fellow from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. Etienne shared her research on cover crop performance in the Great Lakes Region which used citizen science, participation by the public in the scientific process, to gather field data...