October 2024 Issue
Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, October 2024 | Issue #640, Copyright 2024, 67 pages.
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Contents
October 2024 • Issue #640
Photo: Sunflower field (Courtesy of Jay Fuhrer)
Photo caption: A sunflower field on Menoken Farm seeded with 10 cover crop species (buckwheat, cowpea, soybean, field pea, flax, phacelia, sub clover, canola, turnip and radish).
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On the cover: Jay Fuhrer shares lessons learned on crop production and soil health with fellow farmers at Menoken Farm. Read our interview with Jay and come meet him and hear him speak at the Acres U.S.A. Eco-Ag Conference December 2-5 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy of Jay Fuhrer) |
FEATURES
Opening the Cover Crop Window
There are many innovative ways to incorporate cover crops into a corn and soybean rotation
BY KEITH BERNS
Opening the Corridor
The Solar Corridor Cropping System offers the possibility of both yield and soil health
BY TIM REINBOTT, LEROY DEICHMAN AND ROBERT KREMER
If I Had a Trillion Houseflies
An introduction to the ecology of populations
BY MARK SHEPARD
DEPARTMENTS
VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor
OPINION
Anytime and All the Time
When to use cover crops
BY GARY ZIMMER
ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science
REGEN AGRONOMY
BY PATRICK FREEZE
REGEN ECONOMICS
Grant Writing 102
The art of writing a winning grant proposal
BY KIRSTEN SIMMONS
INTERVIEW
You Reap What You Sow
Jay Fuhrer, one of the first to articulate the principles of soil health, discusses how to prioritize soil health, various cover crop strategies, and the ever-present tillage vs. herbicide debate
REVIEWS
MARKETPLACE
CLASSIFIEDS
ECO-MEETINGS
ECO-GRAPHIC
My Farmer, My Customer
New! Learn from Marty Travis's experiences converting the Spence Farm into one of the most successful farming co-ops in the United States today.
