Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

NCCC211 Meeting Notes:

1. Past minutes approved, Eileen Kladivko moved, Marisol Berti second. All approved. Motion passed.
2. Discussion about the renewal of NCCC-211. Let’s keep it as is or change it to a different regional committee. University of Nebraska thinking to propose a new regional project. Coordinate the reports.

Project discussion- NCCC211 renewal and new Nebraska regional project

• September 15, 2019 is the renewal or new project. Rules the same as renewal. A lot of NC project that are being dumped for not enough activities. October 15, objectives in by November 15 all participants will be registered by November 15 proposals must be in.
• NCCC-211 is working fine, is working good meetings, reports are turned on time. Be careful when writing the project objectives so they do not match hatch projects, because for NIFA funding my matter.
• Eileen worries that not renewing the NCCC-211 we might lose the project if Nebraska doesn’t get theirs. It would be a better idea to renew NCCC-211 and Nebraska create a new one so they can get their own NC project and funding.
• Marisol Berti volunteered to help with writing the renewal project. Make a committee for writing the renewal. 

3. NCCC-211 project status
   1. Peter Kovacs is the official rep for South Dakota, not David Clay.
   2. Illinois, Missouri and Ohio do not have a rep. to NCCC-211
   3. Talk to Scotty Wells see if he continues to be secretary
   4. Peter Tomlinson elected new secretary for 2020. Tom Kaspar moved, Dean Bass Second, approved unanimously.

Accomplishments by State

Indiana

Cover crop interest and adoption continues to grow in Indiana (> 970,000 adopted acres).  Therefore, the demand for training and services related to cover crops by the Conservation Partnership continues to increase. The Indiana Conservation Partnership includes NRCS, Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD), Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI), Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), State Soil Board, and Purdue Extension.  To further strengthen cover crop training and services, numerous research projects are being conducted related to the functions of cover crops in the area of soil health, resilience of cropping systems to climate stress, cover crop influence on soil microbiome diversity, syncing N release of cover crops with the N demand of cash crops, surface water quality, forage quality, weed science, pest suppression, short and long-term cover crop economics. Additionally, five cover crop related papers were published in scientific journals, three extension publications, and 17 conference paper/posters were presented. Ongoing research in cover crops facilitated the graduate education of 12 graduate students (3 Ph.D., 9 M.S.) and supported one post-doc.

Iowa

Total acreage of cover crops planted in Iowa in fall of 2018 are preliminarily estimated at 880,000 acres. This estimate is based on the Iowa Learning Farms farmer survey. Final estimates will be available in March of 2019. Cost shared acres through Practical Farmers of Iowa include 1,381 acres ($55,240) from NRCS CIG grant and 21,755 acres ($217,550) from ADM/Unilever Sustainable Soy Continuous Improvement program. Additional cost share opportunities include the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, USDA-NRCS EQIP contracts, USDA-NRCS CSP supported contracts and crop insurance premium reduction (acres and monetary contribution unknown at time of reporting). Outreach efforts on cover crops in Iowa reached over 13,700 individuals through approximately 150 events, including Iowa State University Extension, Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa outreach activities. Other cover crop outputs included publication of five refereed scientific articles and two M.S. thesis. For 2018, there were seven graduate students, three post-doctoral research associates, and one research associate conducting research on cover crops and five new projects were funded.

Kansas

Currently in Kansas there are 14 university researchers with active research projects ranging in topics from erosion control, water quality, N cycling, weed suppression, evaluation in cropping systems, effects on soil moisture, soil health, companion planting with winter wheat, control of charcoal rot in soybean, and forage production and quality. Numerous extension presentations featuring cover crop research were made to approximately 1,500 producers and agricultural professionals. Kansas State University supported 5 graduate students conducting research on cover crops with support from grants funded by national, regional, and state institutions, as well as commodity boards. 

Kentucky

Cover crop acreage in 2018 is estimated at approximately 120,000 acres.  The USDA-NRCS EQIP program cost-shared approximately 12,000 acres.  Extension and research specialists at the University of Kentucky held approximately 20 meetings and field days, reaching almost 1700 individuals.  Of these meetings, approximately half focused on the use of cover crops for grazing or forages.  In 2018, UK supported seven graduate students conducting research on cover crops, with support from 16 different grants funded by national, regional, and state institutions, as well as commodity boards. 

Michigan

Michigan State University (MSU) continues its commitment to cover crop research, publications and outreach in 2018. Activities included 32 on-going research projects, 12 scientific/society presentations, 10 peer-reviewed publications, 1 thesis, 11 Extension/outreach publications, 2 webinars and 48 Extension workshop/field day presentations. Research projects include evaluation of cover crops for: 1) pest/disease management for weeds, diseases and/or nematodes across field crops, vegetables and/or forages; 2) interseeding of cover crop into corn; 3) cover crop herbicide tolerance; 4) management across commodities including field crops, vegetables, fruit and tree nuts and ornamentals; 5) forages/feeds; 6) soil fertility; and soil health/science/biology. The MSU Michigan cover crop website (www.covercrops.msu.edu) increased to 9,355 pageviews from March 2018 – March 2019 compared to 5,883 during the same period the previous year. Over 45 events that included cover crops were held in Michigan in 2018 reaching over 2800 participants. In 2018 there were 11 cover crop Extension articles published on the MSU Extension News page (http://msue.anr.msu.edu/topic/info/cover_crops) written by seven educators. Ten refereed journal articles by MSU cover crop researchers were published in 2018. MSU also educated hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students through 13 different courses in the Departments of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Science, Entomology, and Horticulture that include cover crops in their curriculum. There were three M.S. and two Ph.D. students with cover crop related research projects.

Minnesota

Minnesota cover crop educators, researchers, and advocates used a wide range of media in their outreach and education efforts. Newspapers and printed magazines remain the most frequent pathway to extend cover crop research and education in MN. There was 35 cover crop related educational and outreach activities during the 2018-year hosted in Minnesota. Field days and grower meetings where among the most attended. Based on survey results for programing in 2018 more than 2800 people attended cover crop events across a range of educational outlets.  The Forever Green Agriculture Program in conjunction with the Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC), USDA-ARS, and Agriculture Utilization Research Institute (AURI) in Waseca, MN hosted a winter camelina life-cycle field day. The central theme for the SROC field day was to announce winter camelina as a value-added cash cover crop. We wanted participants to leave the field day thinking broadly about environmental sustainability, and show that camelina is real, taste great, highly flexible in terms of end-user products, and can address the externalities of a corn/soybean dominated agricultural landscape. Additionally, Minnesotan cover crop educators and advocates produced 34 products with grower guides and Extension bulletins, newsletters and peer-reviewed publications the most common products. Funding for cover crops related research and education continued to remain active in MN where 52% of respondents received funding to support their missions. Unlike prior years, funding in 2018 was more diverse ranging from Minnesota Department of Agricultural to the Walton Family Foundation. Project foci include Relay planting cover crops; Nitrate retention of cover crops; Late-season cover crop seeding and establishment; Development of new cash cover crops for the upper Midwest.

Nebraska

No report

North Dakota

Cover crops awareness and adoption in North Dakota is growing very fast.  The cropping systems CAP project funded by NIFA-USDA, a PDP and two research projects funded by NC-SARE on cover crops, and many other commodity-group funded projects have provided valuable resources to advance research in cover crops and bring the information directly to farmers.  Additionally, the ND soybean council and MN soybean growers have provided funding to evaluate the effect of cover crops in soybean cyst nematode. Research in North Dakota includes interseeding into standing soybean, corn, sugar beet, sunflower, and dry bean, nutrient cycling of cover crops to wheat, corn, and sugar beet,  intercropping (flax-canola, pea-canola), soil health, and long-term integrated crop and livestock systems on forage finishing, soil fertility, nitrogen mineralization, carbon sequestration, and profitability. We were able to reach over 1000 farmers in 19 field days and tours, 20+ Café Talks and 4 workshops. We have 20 farmers collaborating directly with research projects and conducting on-farm research.

South Dakota

Researchers in South Dakota are working on cover crop’s effect on nutrient cycling, interseeding and post-harvest seeding of cover crops into corn, impact of integrated crop-livestock system on soil health, greenhouse gas emission, and water quality, and residual herbicide effects on cover crops. In addition, researchers are seeking to understanding producer’s usage and determinants of conservation best management practices South Dakota completed the process to be included in the Midwest Cover Crop Council Crop Decision Tool. A group of fifteen cover crop experts in South Dakota (SDSU agronomists, Extension specialists, NRCS, seedsmen, and experienced farmers) worked from 2017 through 2018 on ranking cover crops to assist farmers in selecting cover crops. Rankings are based on nine distinct agriculture regions varying by planting date, precipitation, salinity, and drainage class to list some of the variables. Results of the above outlined research was communicated in field days, and field demonstration days, and via information being distributed in cover crop booths at larger producer events.

Wisconsin

Researchers in Wisconsin are working on cover crop projects to determine nitrogen credits for frost and inter seeded red clover, how fall cover crops integrate in a corn silage rotation with fall applied manure. In addition, research is ongoing to understand cover crop-based reduce tillage in organic systems and the impact of other organic production practices on soil health. A research and outreach trial at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station is in its 7^th year comparing crop yields (corn silage, rye forage and cover crop biomass) and economics associated with corn silage followed by a winter rye cover crop, a spring-harvested winter rye forage crop and no rye. A comparative economic and environmental compliance analysis of the three practices above was initiated using data from the trial.  This will be developed into an educational publication through the UW Nutrient and Pest Management Program as well as a master’s thesis by a student in the UW Agroecology Program. A new educational publication was completed, Planting cover crops after corn silage for spring forage harvest: Opportunities and challenges as told by dairy farmers and their consultants in Wisconsin.  The publication presents the results of four focus group interview sessions conducted by UW Extension colleagues Liz Binversie, Heidi Johnson, Randy Shaver and Kevin Shelley with dairy farmers and their nutrition and agronomy consultants. In 2018, 88 soil health talks to youth, farmers, agency and agri-business professionals and tribal communities reached 4,767 individuals. 

Graduate students and Postdoctoral Researchers in Cover Crops Research

• Total of 39 MS students: IN-9, IA-6, KS-2, MI- 3, ND-15, KY-4
• Total of 16 PhD students: IN-3, IA-3, KS-3, MI-2, ND-2, KY-3
• Total of 6 Postdoctoral researchers: IN-1, IA-3, ND-2

Publications

Peer-reviewed

1. Nevins, C.J., C. Lacey, L. A. Hoagland, R.F. Turco, C. Nakatsu, and S.D. Armstrong. 2018. Characterization of microbial community response to cover crop residue decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 127:39-49.
2. Xu, M., C. Lacey, and S.D. Armstrong. 2018. The feasibility of satellite remote sensing and spatial interpolation to estimate cover crop biomass and nitrogen uptake at the watershed scale. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 73:6 682-692.
3. Ruffatti, M.D., R. Roth, C. Lacey, and S.D. Armstrong. 2018. Impacts of nitrogen application timing and cover crop inclusion on subsurface drainage water quality. Agricultural Water Management 211:81-88.
4. Mueller, S.M., H.R. Pasley, L.O. Pico, S.D. Armstrong, R.P. Sripada and T.J. Vyn. 2018. Re-evaluation of soil N sampling strategy effects on statistical power. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 49:16, 2053-2063.
5. Kladivko, E.J., L. Holscher, J. Boyle-Warner, B. Fisher, J.D. Rorick, and S.M. Zuber. 2019. State-wide soil health programs for education and on-farm assessment: Lessons learned. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 74(1):12A-17A, doi:10.2489/jswc.74.1.12A.
6. Acharya, J., Bakker M.G., Moorman T.B., Kaspar T.C., Lenssen A.W., and Robertson A.E. 2018. Use of fungicide seed treatments to compare corn seedling disease complex following a winter rye cover crop or a winter fallow. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. http://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2018.1506503
7. Gillette, K.L., Malone, R.W., Kaspar, T.C., Ma, L., Parkin, T.B., Jaynes, D.B., Fang, Q.X., Hatfield, J.L., Feyereisen, G.W., Kersebaum, K.C. 2018. N loss to drain flow and N2O emissions from a corn-soybean rotation with winter rye. Science of the Total Environment. 618:982-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.054.
8. Korucu, T., Shipitalo, M.J., Kaspar, T.C. 2018. Rye cover crop increases earthworm populations and reduces losses of broadcast, fall-applied, fertilizers in surface runoff. Soil & Tillage Research. 180:99-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.03.004.
9. Malone, R.W., Obrycki, J., Karlen, D.L., Ma, L., Kaspar, T.C., Jaynes, D.B., Parkin, T.B., Lence, S., Feyereisen, G.W., Fang, Q., Richards, T.L., Gillette, K.L. 2018. Harvesting fertilized rye cover crop: simulated revenue, net energy, and drainage Nitrogen loss. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 3:170041. https://doi.org/10.2134/ael2017.11.0041.
10. Obrycki, J.F., Karlen, D.L., Cambardella, C.A., Kovar, J.L., Birrell, S.J. 2018. Corn stover harvest, tillage, and cover crop effects on soil health indicators. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 82(4):910-918. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2017.12.0415.
11. Farney, J.K., G.F. Sassenrath, C. Davis*, and D. Presley. 2018. Composition, forage production, and costs are variable in three-way cover crop mixes as fall forage. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management. doi:10.2134/cftm2018.03.0020
12. Farney, J.K., G.F. Sassenrath, C.J. Davis*, and D. Presley. 2018. Forage Mass Production, Forage Nutritive Value, and Cost Comparisons of Three-Way Cover Crop Mixes. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management. doi:10.2134/cftm2017.11.0081
13. Liebman, A.M., Grossman, J., Brown, M., Wells, M.S., Reberg-Horton, S.C. and Shi, W., 2018. Legume cover crops and tillage impact nitrogen dynamics in organic corn production. Agronomy Journal (2018).
14. Noland, R.L., Wells, M.S., Coulter, J.A., Tiede, T., Baker, J.M., Martinson, K.L. and Sheaffer, C.C., 2018. Estimating alfalfa yield and nutritive value using remote sensing and air temperature. Field Crops Research, 222, pp.189-196.
15. Noland, R.L., Wells M.S., Peterson, H. 2018. Enhancing Cover Crop Nitrogen Uptake with Improved Establishment. Better Crops 102(2): 31-34. doi.org/10.24047/BC102231.
16. Senturklu, S., D. G. Landblom, R. Maddock, T. Petry, C. J. Wachenheim, and S. I. Paisley. 2018. Effect of yearling steer sequence grazing of perennial and annual forages in an integrated crop and livestock system on grazing performance, delayed feedlot entry, finishing performance, carcass measurements, and systems economics. J. Anim. Sci. 96:2204-2218. doi:10.1093/jas/sky 150
17. Wick, A.F., J. Haley, C. Gasch, T. Wehlander, L. Briese, and S. Samson-Liebig. 2019. Network-based Approaches for Soil Health Research and Extension Programming in North Dakota, USA. Invited Submission, Soil Use and Management, Special Issue: Soil Knowledge Sharing and Exchange. (in press).
18. Ruark, M.D., M. Chawner, M. Ballweg, R. Proost, F. Arraiaga, J. Stute. 2018. Does cover crop radish supply nitrogen to corn? Agronomy J. 110:1-10.
19. Silva, E.M. and Vereecke. 2019. Optimizing organic cover crop-based rotational tillage systems for early soybean growth. Organic Agriculture.
20. Osterholz, W.R., M.J. Renz, W.E. Jokela, and J.H. Grabber. 2018.Interseeded alfalfa reduces soil and nutrient runoff losses during and after corn silage production.  Soil Water Conser. 74:85-90
21. Osterholz, W.R., J.H. Grabber, and M.J. Renz. 2018. Adjuvants for prohexadione-calcium applied to alfalfa interseeded with corn. Agron. J. 110:2687-2690.
22. Osterholz, W.R., M.J. Renz, J.G. Lauer, and J.H. Grabber. 2018. Prohexadione-calcium rate and timing effects on alfalfa interseeded into silage corn. Agron. J. 110: 85-94.
23. Stanton, V.S. and Haramoto, E.R. 2019. Establishment and growth of interseeded annual ryegrass and red clover may be affected more by environment than by soil residual herbicides.  Weed Technology 34: 1-7.  https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2019.3.
24. Haramoto, E.R. 2019. Species, seeding rate, and planting method influence cover crop services prior to soybean.  Agronomy Journal 111:1-11.  https://doi:10.2134/agronj2018.09.0560. 
25. Haramoto, E.R. and B. Pearce.   Cover crop termination treatment impacts weed suppression potential.  Weed Science 67: 91-102.  https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2018.75. 
26. Bowen, H., J.E. Maul, H.J. Poffenbarger, S.B. Mirsky, M.A. Cavigelli, and S.A. Yarwood. Spatial patterns of microbial denitrification genes change in response to poultry litter placement and cover crop species in an agricultural soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 54: 769-781.
27. Thapa, R., H.J. Poffenbarger, K.L. Tully, V.J. Ackroyd, M.H. Kramer, and S.B. Mirsky. 2018. Biomass production and nitrogen accumulation by hairy vetch/cereal rye mixtures: A meta-analysis. Agronomy Journal 110: 1197-1208.

Proceedings

1. Licht, M. 2018. Cover crops for Iowa 101. Crop Advantage Series, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, IA.
2. Waring E., Licht M., Juchems L., Staudt A., Helmers M., and Carlson S. 2018. Cover crop impact on crop yield and water quality: Comparing single species to mixtures. Proceedings of the 30^th Integrated Crop Management, Ames, IA. Available: https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/15488
3. Endres, G. Impact of winter rye cover crop on weed control and pinto bean production; Proceedings, Western Society of Weed Science, Volume 71.

Conferences and abstracts

1. Chen, K.R., J. Ackerson, and S.D. Armstrong. Using Satellite Indices to Estimate Winter Cover Crop Adoption in Boone County, Indiana. 2018. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore.
2. Xu M., Haishun Yang, Tony J. Vyn, Tonglin Zhang, and S.D. Armstrong.2018. A New Modeling Approach: Big Data and Multivariate Spatial Statistics to Generate in-Season Field-Specific Maize Yield Predictions. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
3. Xu M., C.G. Lacey, and S.D. Armstrong The Feasibility of Satellite Remote Sensing and Spatial Interpolation to Estimate Cover Crop Biomass and Nitrogen Uptake in a Small Watershed. 2018. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
4. Roth R.T., C.G. Lacey, S.D. Armstrong. 2018. Understanding Cereal Rye Nitrogen Decomposition and Its Transition into Inorganic and Organic Soil Nitrogen Pools. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
5. Armstrong, S.D., C. O’Reily, C.G. Lacey, M. Xu, R.T. Roth, M.D. Ruffatti. 2018. Cover Crop Performance on a Watershed Scale: Potential Impacts on Water Quality. In Annual Meetings ASA. Baltimore, MD.
6. Ruffatti M.D., R.T. Roth, S.D. Armstrong. 2018. Cover Crop Inclusion Impacts on Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus Soil Distribution and Subsurface Drainage Losses. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
7. Lacey, C.G., S. Armstrong. C. Nevins, H. Miller. Cover Crop Decomposition and Residue Nitrogen Release Dynamics. Cover Crop Management Oral 1. 2018. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Baltimore, MD.
8. Miller, Houston., S.D. Armstrong, J. Camberato, and R. Nielsen. Investigation of Corn Yield Improvement Following Cereal Rye Using Starter Nitrogen Fertilizer. 2018. In Annual Meetings ASA, CSSA, SSSA Baltimore, MD.
9. Lacey, C.G., S. Armstrong. C. Nevins, H. Miller. Cover Crop Decomposition and Residue Nitrogen Release Dynamics. 2018. In Annual Meetings North Central Extension Industry Soil Fertility Conference. Des Moines, IA.
10. Lacey, C.G., S. Armstrong. The Impact of Cover Crops on Nitrogen Fate and Availability in Corn and Soybean Systems. 2018. Boone County Cover Crops Field Day. Lebanon, IN.
11. Hodgekiss, C., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Utilizing cereal rye and crimson clover for weed suppression within, and outside of, buffer areas in dicamba and 2,4-D tolerant soybeans (NCWSS 2018)
12. Hodgekiss, C., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Cover Crops: Do they Really Contribute to the Control of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) (MCCC 2018)
13. Peterson, W., and W. G. Johnson. 2018.Interactions Between Residual Herbicides and Termination Timing in Cereal Rye on Summer Annual Weed Control (NCWSS 2018)
14. Peterson, W., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Influence of Crimson Clover and Cereal Rye Termination Timing on Corn Yield and Weed Control (NCWSS 2018)
15. Desimini, S., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Evaluation of Cereal Rye and Canola Termination Timing on Horseweed and Giant Ragweed Control (NCWSS 2018)
16. Desimini, S., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Evaluation of Canola and Cereal Rye Termination Timing on Crop Yield and Summer Annual Weed Control in the Eastern Cornbelt. (NCWSS 2018)
17. Desimini, S., and W. G. Johnson. 2018. Evaluation of Cereal Rye and Canola Termination Timing on Winter and Summer Annual Weed Control (MCCC 2018)
18. Berti, M.T., Johnson B.L., Kandel H., Ransom J., Wick A., Ransom D., Ripplinger D., Nowatzki J., Peterson A., Wells M.W., Lenssen A., Patel S., Gesch R.W., Forcella F., and Matthees H. 2018. CropSYS-CAP – A novel management approach to increase productivity, resilience, and long-term sustainability of cropping systems in the northern Great Plains – Research update. Annual meeting of the American Association for Industrial Crops, 23-26 September 2018. London, Ontario.
19. Badger, S., Wells, M.S., and Kaiser, D.E.  2018.  Addressing Low Agricultural Output in the Former Soviet Republic of Georgia.  ASA Section: Global Agronomy.  Poster Presentation at American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Baltimore, MD.
20. Walia, M.K., Wells M.S., Cubins, J., Wyse, D., Gesch, R., and Forcella, F. 2018. Winter camelina (Camelina sativa) seed development, growth, and yield response to harvest time. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Meeting. March 13-14. Fargo, ND, USA.
21. Puka-Beals J and Gramig G. 2019. Surface and Living Mulches for Strip-Tilled Vegetable Production. Wild World of Weeds, Fargo, ND. 15 January 2019.
22. Puka-Beals J and Gramig G. 2019. Surface and Living Mulches for Strip-Tilled Vegetable Production. Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 11-14 February 2019.
23. Puka-Beals J. and Gramig G. 2019. Surface and Living Mulches for Strip-Tilled Vegetable Production. Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service Organic Farming Conference. La Crosse, WI, 21-23 February 2019
24. Gasch, C., J. Harmon, T. DeSutter, and A. Wick. 2019. Beyond salt chemistry: how the whole soil-plant-insect system responds to salinity and what it means for crop production and management (Oral presentation). Manitoba Soil Science Society Meeting, Winnipeg, MB: February 2019.
25. Franzen, D., A.F. Wick, H. Bu, L. Ressler, J. Bell, M.T. Berti, and C. Gasch, 2018. Nitrogen non-cycling from cover crops grown before corn and spring wheat- Unexpected early project results. Advanced Crops Advisor’s Workshop. Fargo, ND. 13 February 2018.
26. Peterson, A. M.T. Berti, D.P. Samarappuli, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, and S. Podder. Interseeding Cover Crops into Standing Soybean.  Advanced Crops Advisor’s Workshop. Fargo, ND. 13 February 2019.
27. Jacobs, J. 2018. Improving efficiency with intercropping. Columbia Grain Incorporated, Growers Meeting. 8 February 2019.
28. Jacobs, J. 2018. Improving efficiency with intercropping. Burke County Ag Improvement Annual meeting and ASg Show. 12 February 2019.
29. Berti, M.T. 2018. Where to start with cover crops. 14^th Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Fargo, ND, 18-19 December 2018. (40 participants)
30. Wick, A.F. and S. Schenk. Cover Crops and Crop Insurance.14th Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Fargo, ND, 18-19 December 2018. (45 participants)
31. Wick, A.F. 2018. SHARE Farm Research and Extension Updates. 14^th Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Fargo, ND, 18-19 December 2018. (80 participants)
32. Wick, A.F. 2018. Cover Crop Ideas. 14th Annual Conservation Tillage Conference, Fargo, ND, 18-19 December 2018. (75 participants).
33. Wick, A.F. and T. Wagner. 2018. Using Soil Health Practices On-Farm. Central Dakota Ag Day, Carrington, ND. 13 December 2018. (75 participants).
34. Wick, A.F., Endres, G. and M. Vig. 2018. Cover Crop ID and Use, Central Dakota Ag Day. Carrington, ND. 13 December 2018. (75 participants).
35. Wick, A.F. 2018. Getting Started with Soil Health Discussion, Central Dakota Ag Day, Carrington, ND. 13 December 2018. (75 participants).
36. Wick, A.F. and D. Franzen. In depth look at using cover crops. Northern AgExpo. Fargo, ND, 25 November 2018. (80 participants).
37. Franzen, D., A.F. Wick, H. Bu, L. Ressler, J. Bell, M.T. Berti, and C. Gasch, 2018. Nitrogen non-cycling from cover crops grown before corn and spring wheat- Unexpected early project results. Northern AgExpo. Fargo, ND, 25 November 2018. (80 participants)
38. Wick, A.F. and D. Franzen. Soil Health Q and A, ND Association of Soil Conservation Districts Annual Meeting. Bismarck, ND. 19 November 2018.  (65 participants).
39. Gasch, C., J. Harmon, T. DeSutter, and A. Wick. 2018. Beyond salt chemistry: how the whole soil-plant-insect system responds to salinity and what it means for crop production and management (Oral presentation). ASA, CSSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD: November 2018.
40. Franzen, D., A.F. Wick, H. Bu, L. Ressler, J. Bell, M.T. Berti, and C. Gasch, 2018. Nitrogen non-cycling from cover crops grown before corn and spring wheat- Unexpected early project results. North Central Extension-Industry Soil Fertility Conference, Des Moines, IA, 14 November, 2018.
41. Wick, A.F. and D. Franzen. Nitrogen non-cycling in cover crops in a dry season. ASA-CSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, 4-7 November 2018.
42. Cabello-Leiva, S., M.T. Berti, A. Peterson, D. Samarappuli, S. Podder, B. Andersen, and A. Wittenberg. Cover crops decreased soil N-NO3 prior to sugarbeet production in the northern Great Plains. ASA-CSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, 4-7 November 2018.
43. Andersen, B. and M.T. Berti. 2018. Faba bean (Vicia faba) as a cover crop, intercrop and late-season forage in the Midwest. ASA-CSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, 4-7 November 2018.
44. Franco J.G., Beamer K.P., and Gramig G.G. 2018. Multi-species and monoculture cover crop productivity under contrasting management systems and climates in the northern Great Plains. American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. November 4-7, Baltimore, MD.
45. Jacobs, J. 2018. Improving Efficiency with Intercropping. NDSU Fall Conference. Fargo, ND. October 23-25.
46. Peterson, A., M.T. Berti, D.P. Samarappuli, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, and S. Podder. 2018. Maximizing cover crop performance by interseeding cover crops into standing soybean. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Pathway to commercialization of Industrial Crops. London, Ontario, Canada 23-26 September 2018.
47. Berti, M.T., B.L. Johnson, H. Kandel, J. Ransom, A. Wick, D. Franzen, D. Ripplinger, J. Nowatzki, A. Peterson, M.S. Wells, A. Lenssen, S. Patel, R.W. Gesch, F. Forcella, and H. Matthees. 2018. CROPSYS-CAP- A novel management approach to increase productivity, resilience, and long-term sustainability of cropping systems in the northern Great Plains-Research Update. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Pathway to commercialization of Industrial Crops. London, Ontario, Canada 23-26 September 2018.
48. Wittenberg, A., M.T. Berti, D.P. Samarappuli, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, S. Podder, A. Peterson, and J.V. Anderson. 2018. Morphological characteristics of winter and summer biotypes of camelina [Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz.]. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Pathway to commercialization of Industrial Crops. London, Ontario, Canada 23-26 September 2018.
49. Anderson, J.V., A. Wittenberg, and M.T. Berti. 2018. Analysis of fatty acid profiles and percent oil and protein content in seeds of summer and winter-biotypes of Camelina sativa using near infrared spectroscopy. 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Pathway to commercialization of Industrial Crops. London, Ontario, Canada 23-26 September 2018.
50. Delavarpour, N., J. Nowatzki, T. Bon, and S. Bajwa. 2018. Evaluations of a novel ultrasonic guidance system for cover crop planter grain cart. Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Detroit, MI 30-31 July, 2018.
51. Kandel, H. 2018. How can we incorporate cover crops into the farming system? Challenges and opportunities. Soil Health Workshop. Langdon, ND, 11 April 2018. (17 participants).
52. Landblom, D. G., S. Senturklu, and L. Cihacek. 2018. From land degradation to soil health education. European Geoscience Union annual meeting, Vienna, Austria, Abstract No. EGU2018-522
53. Senturklu, S., D. G. Landblom, and L. Cihacek. 2018. Effect of drought on yield, soil microbial biomass, C:N ratio, water infiltration, wind Erodibility, water stable aggregates, and nitrogen mineralization in an integrated Crop-Livestock System. European Geoscience Union annual meeting, Vienna, Austria, Abstract No. EGU2018-9244
54. Franco JG, Beamer KP, Gramig GG. 2018. Cover crop-weed dynamics in two contrasting management systems in the northern Great Plains. Western Society of Weed Science Annual Meeting. March 12 - March 15, 2018 Garden Grove, CA.
55. Berti, M.T. 2018. Alfalfa-corn intercropping. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo 13-14 March 2018.
56. Cihacek, L. J., D. L. Landblom, and S. Senturklu. 2018. A place for cover crops in integrated crop-grazing systems. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo 13-14 March 2018.
57. Landblom, D. G. and S. Senturklu. Economics of grazing cover crops in a diverse crop rotation. Midwest Cover Crop Council annual meeting, Fargo, ND, March 14, 2018.
58. Peterson, A., M.T. Berti, D. Samarappuli, B. Andersen, S. Cabello, and S. Podder. 2018. Maximizing cover crop performance by interseeding into standing soybean. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo 13-14 March 2018.
59. Andersen, B., M.T. Berti, D. Samarappuli, A. Peterson, S. Cabello, and S. Podder. 2018. Faba bean (Vicia faba ) as cover crop, intercrop, and late-season forage. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo 13-14 March 2018.
60. Cabello, S., M.T. Berti, D. Samarappuli, B. Andersen, A. Peterson, and S. Podder. 2018. Cover crops decrease soil nitrogen (N-NO3) previous sugarbeet production in the northern Great Plains. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo, ND, 13-14 March 2018.
61. Franzen, D. 2018. Nutrient cycling in cover crops. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo, ND, 13-14 March 2018.
62. Wick, A.F. 2018.Tips from on-farm cover crop trials. Midwest Cover Crops Council Annual Conference, Fargo, ND, 13-14 March 2018.
63. Wick, A.F., C. Gasch, L.Briese, T. Wehlander, and A. Hohenhause. Approaches for Cover Crops and Soil Health. Commodity Classic, Anaheim, CA, 28 February 2018.
64. Wick, A.F. and J. DeJong-Hughes. Soil health session. Advanced crop advisors workshop, Fargo, ND. 14 February 2018.
65. Camargo Silva, G. and E.R. Haramoto. Influence of cover crops on soybean canopy development.  National Conference on Undergraduate Research.  Kennesaw, GA, April 2019.
66. Haramoto, E.R., C.J. Lowry, R. Pearce. The Interaction Between Cover Crops and Herbicide Programs on Weed Management in Tobacco. 59th Annual Meeting, Weed Science Society of America.  New Orleans, LA, February 2019.  Abstract 133.
67. Stanton, T. and E.R. Haramoto. Effect of Cover Crop Biomass on the Summer Annual Weed Density and Biomass in Soybean.  59th Annual Meeting, Weed Science Society of America.  New Orleans, LA, February 2019.  Abstract 135.
68. Collins, R. and E.R. Haramoto. Role of Cover Cropping and Herbicide Use on Marestail Control: A Regional Perspective. 73rd Annual Meeting, North Central Weed Science Society. Milwaukee, WI, December 2018. Abstract 77.
69. Haramoto, E.R. "Cover Crop Lite" Reduces Summer Annual Weed Density and Biomass in Soybean. 73rd Annual Meeting, North Central Weed Science Society. Milwaukee, WI, December 2018.  Abstract 78
70. Rains, L.J., K.L. Gage, E.R. Haramoto, R. Smeda, A. Dille. Characterizing Horseweed Emergence Patterns from Populations Across Four States.  73rd Annual Meeting, North Central Weed Science Society. Milwaukee, WI, December 2018.  Abstract 81
71. Sherman, A.D. and E.R. Haramoto. Hindering Horseweed: An Integrated Approach for Soybeans in Kentucky. 73rd Annual Meeting, North Central Weed Science Society. Milwaukee, WI, December 2018. Abstract 133
72. Haramoto, E.R. and B. Pearce. Cover crop utilization influences weed management potential.  58th Annual Meeting, Weed Science Society of America.  Arlington, VA, January 2018.  Abstract 101

Extension Publications

1. Zuber, S. and E. Kladivko. 2018. How to understand and interpret soil health tests. AY-366-W. https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=AY-366-W
2. Kladivko, E., S. Armstrong, and A. Morrow. 2018. Indiana Cover Crop Recipe: Post corn, going to Soybean: Use cereal rye. Published by Midwest Cover Crops Council and Purdue Extension. MCCC-100; Purdue AY-356-W. https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=AY-356-W
3. Kladivko, E., S. Armstrong, and A. Morrow. 2018. Indiana Cover Crop Recipe: Post soybean, going to corn: Use oats/radish. Published by Midwest Cover Crops Council and Purdue Extension. MCCC-101; Purdue AY-357-W https://edustore.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=AY-357-W
4. Becker, S. 27 December 2018. Calculating the Real Numbers Behind Cover Crops. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/12/calculating-the-real-numbers-behind-grazing-cover-crops/
5. Bower, A. 9 February 2018. Shared Learning Calls: Have You Participated Yet? Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/02/09/upcoming-shared-learning-calls/
6. Bower, A. 19 February 2018. Fool Proof Frost Seeding Legumes in the Small Grain Year. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/02/19/fool-proof-frost-seeding-small-grain-year/
7. Bower, A. 21 February 2018. Eight Planter Adjustments for Planting into Cover Crop Residue. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/02/21/eight-planter-adjustments-planting-cover-crop-residue/
8. Bower, A. 13 June 2018. Five Goals and Five Challenges to Select a Summer Cover Crop. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/06/13/five-goals-and-five-challenges-to-select-a-summer-cover-crop/
9. Bower, A. 11 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops for Corn and Soybeans – Don Elsbernd. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/11/field-day-recap-cover-crops-for-corn-and-soybeans-don-elsbernd/
10. Bower, A. 5 April 2018. New to Cover Crops Before Corn? Steve Berger Shares Tips for Success. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/05/new-to-cover-crops-before-corn-steve-berger-shares-tips-for-success/
11. Bower, A. 26 September 2018. Sign Up for 2018 Small Grains Cost Share. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/09/26/sign-up-for-2018-small-grains-cost-share/
12. Bower, A. 16 August 2018. 2018 Cover Crop Directory – Bigger than Ever! Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/08/16/2018-cover-crop-directory-bigger-than-ever/
13. Bower, A. 18 October 2018. Delayed Planting for Winter Small Grains. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/10/delayed-planting-for-winter-small-grains/
14. Bower, A. 25 September 2018. Stay on the Right Side of the Law When Selling Cover Crop Seed. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/09/stay-on-the-right-side-of-the-law-when-selling-cover-crop-seed/
15. Bower, A. 2018. Corn Following a Cover Crop. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
16. Bower, A. 2018. Conservation and Community. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
17. Carlson, S. 26 April 2018. 3 Steps to Extend Crop Insurance Deadline for Cover Crop Termination. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/26/three-steps-to-extend-crop-insurance-deadline-for-cover-crop-termination/
18. Carlson, S. 17 September 2018. Don’t Farm Naked This Fall: Get Paid $10/A to Add Cover Crops.  Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at  https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/09/17/dont-farm-naked-this-fall-get-paid-10-a-to-add-cover-crops/
19. Carlson, S. 13 August 2018. Small Grains, Modest Gains: A Pragmatic Approach.” Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/08/13/small-grains-modest-gains-a-pragmatic-approach/
20. Comito, J., B. Case Haub, and M.A. Licht. Rapid needs assessment and response technique. Journal of Extension. 56(2) Article 2TOT1. Available at: https://www.joe.org/joe/2018april/tt1.php
21. Filbert, M. 2018. Economic Impact of Grazing Cover Crops in Cow-Calf Operations. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/research-reports/2018/economic-impact-grazing-cover-crops-cow-calf-operations/
22. Filbert, M. 8 February 2018. RESEARCH REPORT: Economic Impact of Grazing Cover Crops in Cow-Calf Operations. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/02/08/research-report-economic-impact-of-grazing-cover-crops-in-cow-calf-operations/
23. Filbert, M., Bower A., and Ohde, N. 21 February 2018. Wildlife and Continuous Living Cover: What Does the Research Say? Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/02/21/wildlife-continuous-living-cover-research-say/
24. Filbert, M. 27 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Grazing Cover Crops – Zak Kennedy.”  Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/27/field-day-recap-grazing-cover-crops-zak-kennedy/
25. Filbert, M. 25 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Grazing Cover Crops – Bill Frederick, Dusty Farnsworth, and James Holz. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/25/field-day-recap-grazing-cover-crops-bill-frederick-dusty-farnsworth-and-james-holz/
26. Filbert, M. 29 November 2018. Join a PFI Grazing Group. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/11/join-a-pfi-grazing-group/
27. Filbert, M. 2018. Putting a Value on Cover Crop Forage. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
28. Gailans, S. 2018. Corn Leaf Architecture for Interseeding Cover Crops. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/research-reports/2018/corn-leaf-architecture-interseeded-cover-crops/
29. Gailans, S. 2018. Spring-Seeded Cover Crops Ahead of Soybeans. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/research-reports/2018/spring-seeded-cover-crops-ahead-soybeans/
30. Gailans, S. 2018. Underseeded vs. Mid-Summer-Seeded Green Manures for Corn. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/research-reports/2018/underseeded-vs-mid-summer-seeded-green-manures-corn/
31. Gailans, S. 2018. The Cash in Cover Crops. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
32. Gailans, S. 2018. Connecting Farmers & Researchers: Tea bag soil health project continues a collaborative tradition. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
33. Gailans, S. 2018. Testing Solutions for Cover Crops in Iowa. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
34. Gailans, S. 11 September 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops and On-Farm Conservation with Dennis Carney. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/09/11/field-day-recap-cover-crops-and-on-farm-conservation-with-dennis-carney/
35. Gailans, S. 6 July 2018. Field Day Recap: Thinking Outside the Box With Cover Crops. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/07/06/field-day-recap-thinking-outside-the-box-with-cover-crops/
36. Gailans S. 26 June 2018. Field Day Recap: Wows and Woes of Diversifying with Cover Crops and Small Grains. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/06/26/field-day-recap-wows-and-woes-of-diversifying-with-cover-crops-and-small-grains/
37. Gailans, S. 16 January 2018. RESEARCH REPORT: Corn Leaf Architecture for Interseeded Cover Crops. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/01/16/research-report-corn-leaf-architecture-for-interseeded-cover-crops/
38. Gailans, S. 17 January 2018. RESEARCH REPORT: Spring-Seeded Cover Crops Ahead of Soybeans. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/01/17/research-report-spring-seeded-cover-crops-ahead-of-soybeans/
39. Gailans, S. 4 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops for Corn and Soybeans – Josh Nelson & Austin Charlson. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/04/field-day-recap-cover-crops-for-corn-and-soybeans-josh-nelson-austin-charlson/
40. Gailans, S. 5 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops for Corn and Soybeans – Mike Jackson. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/04/field-day-recap-cover-crops-for-corn-and-beans-michael-jackson/
41. Iowa Learning Farms. 43 blogs with a Cover Crop topic tag. Blog, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
42. Jones, T. 5 December 2018. Field Day Recap: Expanding Conservation with Cover Crops, Livestock and Small Grains.” Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at  https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/12/expanding-conservation-with-cover-crops-livestock-and-small-grains-at-akr-farm-near-dayton/
43. Kooima, S. 26 July 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops & Soil Health at the Grundy County Fair. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/07/26/field-day-recap-cover-crops-soil-health-at-the-grundy-county-fair/
44. Lane, R. 5 April 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops for Corn and Soybeans hosted by Clark Thompson.” Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/04/05/field-day-recap-cover-crops-for-corn-and-soybeans-hosted-by-clark-thompson/
45. Licht M., Juchems L., Comito J., Helmers M., and Carlson S. 2018. Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits. Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm Research Progress Report, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Available: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports/vol2017/iss1/32
46. Licht M., Juchems L., Comito J., Helmers M., and Carlson S. 2018. Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits. Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm Research Progress Report, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Available: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports/vol2017/iss1/32
47. Licht M., Juchems L., Comito J., Helmers M., and Carlson S. 2018. Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits. Northern Research and Demonstration Farm Research Progress Report, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Available: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports/vol2017/iss1/32
48. Licht M., Juchems L., Comito J., Helmers M., and Carlson S. 2108 Demonstrating Cover Crop Mixtures on Iowa Farmland: Management, Soil Health, and Water Quality Benefits. Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm Research Progress Report, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Available: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports/vol2017/iss1/32
49. Ohde, N. 17 January 2018. Frost Seeding Red Clover into Winter Small Grains. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/blog/2018/01/17/frost-seeding-red-clover-into-winter-small-grains/
50. Patel, S., Lenssen A.W., Moore K.J., Berti J.T., Gesch R.W., and Matthees H.L. 2018. Integrating oilseed cash cover crops in a corn and soybean rotation system in Iowa. Midwest Cover Crop Council annual meeting. 13-14 March 2018. Fargo, ND. Poster and abstract
51. Patel, S., Lenssen A.W., Moore K.J., and Berti M.T. 2018. Management and productivity of corn and alfalfa intercropping. ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual international meetings, 2-4 November 2018. Baltimore, MD.
52. Plastina, J. and Carlson, S. 9 March 2018. Economics of Cover Crops. Farminar, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/plastina/presentations/Plastina-180309.pdf
53. Practical Farmers of Iowa. 2018. Winter Cereal Rye Cover Crop Effect on Cash Crop Yield: Year 10. . Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18.FC_.CC.Winter_Rye_Effect_on_Yield_Year_10.pdf
54. Practical Farmers of Iowa. 2018. Photo Feature: 2018 Spring Cover Crop Field Days. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
55. Practical Farmers of Iowa. 2018. Innovating for Profit in Extended Rotations: Oats, Triticale, and custom machinery on James Asmus’ farm. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
56. Staudt, A. and Kaspar, T. 25 January 2018. Earthworms and Cover Crops. Podcast, Conservation Chat, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
57. Tetrick, J. 2018. Teaming Up to Diversify: Cereal rye finds a good fit during organic transition. The Practical Farmer, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
58. Worley, S. 27 September 2018. Field Day Recap: Cover Crops + Small Grains = A Perfect Pair for Soil Health and Water Quality. Practical Farmers Blog, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/09/field-day-recap-cover-crops-small-grains-a-perfect-pair-for-soil-health-and-water-quality/
59. Ostlie, M. 2018. Fact sheet: Cover crop safety following wheat herbicide application
60. Kandel, H. NDSU Extension Sets Cover Crop Field Day (Fargo). https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2018/aug-27-2018/ndsu-extension-sets-cover-crop-field-day
61. Kandel, H., A. Wick and M. Berti. NDSU Extension Sets Cover Crop Field Day (Rutland)
62. Kandel, H. 2018. Cover crop field day NDSU campus. Crop Pest Report 30 August, No 16:7.
63. Wick, A., and H. Kandel. NDSU Extension Cover Crop Field Day. Cover Crops Pest Report 16 August, no. 15:5.
64. Kandel, H. 2018. Cover crops Planted during the summer. Cover Crops Pest Report 19 July 2018 no. 12:5.
65. Berti, M.T. and H. Kandel. Extension cover crop field day August 28. Morning AgClips Farming News, Harvested Daily. August 20, 2018.
66. Berti, M.T. and M.S. Wells. Research update field day. Morning AgClips Farming News, Harvested Daily. September 10, 2018 at https://www.morningagclips.com/ndsu-extension-cover-crop-field-day-sept-18/
67. Berti M.T. and A.W. Wick. 2018. Avoiding another year of ‘snirt’. Country Guide. October 31, 2018.
68. Berti M.T. 2018. Seven soil health takeaways. Dakota Farmer. October 23, 2018
69. Berti, M.T., 2018. Alfalfa-corn intercropping may increase forage and improve soil health. North Dakota Research Report. Forage Focus, December 2018, p. 17.
70. Cihacek, L., D. G. Landblom, S. Senturklu. Effect of the cropping system on soil physical properties in an integrated crop and livestock system. In DREC annual report - https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/DickinsonREC/annual-reports-1/2017-annual-report/effects-of-cropping-syst-on-soil-phys-prop-in-an.pdf
71. Landblom, D. G. and S. Senturklu. 2018. Ward laboratories microbial and traditional soil health analysis. In DREC annual report -
72. https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/DickinsonREC/annual-reports-1/2017-annual-report/ward-laboratories-microbial-and-traditional-soil.pdf
73. Senturklu, S., D. G. Landblom, and S. I. Paisley. 2018. Effect of bale grazing following annual forage sequence grazing on steer grazing and feedlot performance, muscling ratio, carcass measurements, and carcass value. In DREC annual report -https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/DickinsonREC/annual-reports-1/2017-annual-report/2018-steer-bale-grazing-annual-rpt-v5-senturklu.pdf
74. Pearce, B., A. Bailey (eds). 2018-2019 Burley and Dark Tobacco Production Guide.  ID-160.  University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment.
75. Shockley, J. Determining the cost of cover crops (web tool in development)
76. Cahoon, C., S. Culpepper, M. Flessner, J. Gaskin, E.R. Haramoto, A. Price, M. Reiter and W. Vencill. How should I terminate my cover crop?  Fact sheet for Southern Cover Crops Council.  Available online at: https://southerncovercrops.org/cover-crop-resource-guide/row-crops/coastal-plain/planting-cash-crops/how-should-i-terminate-my-cover-crop/
77. Smith, R. and C. Teutsch Using cover crops for grazing cattle.
78. Smith R. and C. Teutsch Grazing cover crops

Extension videos and webinars

1. Berges, S. 20 June 2018. Leaving a Conservation Legacy: How to Include Conservation in a Farm Lease and Document Your Conservation Goals. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
2. Brown, C. 16 May 2018. Cover Crops as Part of the Farm Lease Arrangement. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
3. Carlson, S. 11 January 2018. Data and Science of Cover Crops. Webinar to NWF Cover Crop Champions. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA.
4. Deen, B. 6 February 2018. Red Clover: Still the ‘Cadillac’ of Cover Crops. Farminar, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/farminar-archive/red-clover-still-cadillac-cover-crops/
5. Doudlah, M. Cover Crops & Crop Rotations in Organic. 2018 Annual Conference, Practical Farmers of Iowa. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDpklMafZRI
6. Ehrhardt, R. 7 December 2018. Grazing Cover Crops with Sheep. Farminar, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://practicalfarmers.org/2018/12/grazing-cover-crops-with-sheep/
7. Ewolt, R. and Marston, J. 6 March 2018. Planter Technology for Cash Crops in Cover Crops. Farminar, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.practicalfarmers.org/farmer-knowledge/farminar-archive/planter-technology-cash-crops-cover-crops/
8. Helmers, M. 14 November 2018. Conservation Learning Labs: Evaluating Nutrient Reduction Practice Implementation at the Delivery Scale. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
9. Kuhn, K. 19 September 2018. Benefits of Conservation Planning to Farmers, Landowners and Society. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
10. Licht, M. 12 December 2018. #NoTillb4Beans and #CoverYourBeans: Highlighting Field Performance Improvements and Nutrient Reduction Strategy Gains​​​​​​​. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
11. McDaniel, M. 15 August 2018. Decomposition of Tea as a Low-Cost, Scientifically-Robust Soil Health Indicator. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
12. McDaniels M. Using Tea Bags to Assess Soil. 2018 Annual Conference, Practical Farmers of Iowa. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-I9-pNE46U
13. Practical Farmers of Iowa. Cover Crops & Weed Control. Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avV2PUcixv8
14. Practical Farmers of Iowa. 21 September 2018. Fred Abels on Growing Cereal Rye for Silage Practical Farmers of Iowa, Ames, IA. Available at https://youtu.be/dsunZmNI7oo
15. Robertson, A. 21 February 2018. Who Knew? Cover Crops, Corn, and Water Molds. Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, Ames, IA.
16. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: Steve Groff Interview, AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNn_nJg8fAs (20 views).
17. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: Steve Groff Interview (extended version), AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNkNdsxxP0 (117 views).
18. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: Rye into Corn Followup, AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdhO5xQ-1J8 (135 views)
19. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: A Talk with Soil Science Expert Ray Weil (long web version), AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtYq25g9UI (352 views)
20. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: A Talk with Soil Science Expert Ray Weil (short TV version), AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvx7-kS6U8 (65 views)
21. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: Soil Health Panel at the Northern Corn and Soybean Expo (short TV version), AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojD7ptsRD9g (81 views)
22. Wick, A.F. 2018. Soil Health Minute: Soil Health Panel Interview from the 2018 North Dakota Corn and Soybean Expo (long web version), AgWeek TV Soil Health Minute, Fargo Communications Production, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFWiLMfqps (147 views)
23. Wick, A.F., 2018. Flying On Cover Crops into Soybean. Extension Education Video, InHouse Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQulwMUujc (191 views)
24. Wick, A.F., 2018. NDSU Evaluating Cover Crops in Rotation. Extension Education Video, InHouse Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQOvYc_W9I (205 views)
25. Wick, A.F., 2018. Cover Crops Interseeded into Corn. Extension Education Video, InHouse Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afGyxraH2g (727 views)
26. Wick, A.F., 2018. Cover Crops Flown on into Soybean. Extension Education Video, InHouse Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdqVqG2Isk (459 views)
27. Wick, A.F., 2018. Soil Health Practices to Improve Trafficability. Extension Education Video, InHouse Productions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVxDCqNoRC8 (347 views)

Research grants

1. Comito J. Iowa Learning Farms: Building a Culture of Conservation-Farmer to Farmer: Iowan to Iowan, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. $366,958. 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021.
2. Comito J. Putting it Together: An Innovative Approach to Increasing Iowa’s Conservation Infrastructure, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. $408,463. 1 August 2018 – 1 November 2022.
3. Licht M., Robertson A., Hartzler R., Hodgson E., and Lenssen A. Corn management following cereal rye cover crop with strip tillage and in-row fertilization. Iowa Nutrient Research Center. $114,822. 2018 – 2020.
4. Robertson A., Licht M., Hartzler R., Hodgson E., Lenssen A., McDaniel M., Moorman T., and Plastina A. Improving cereal rye cover crop BMPs to increase adoption of cover crops by Iowa farmers. Iowa Nutrient Research Center. $348,422. 2018 – 2020.
5. Robertson A., Lenssen A., and Moorman T. Influence of spatial planting arrangement of a winter cereal rye cover crop on corn productivity. Iowa Nutrient Research Center. $68,000. 2018 – 2020.
6. Presley, DeAnn, and Peter Tomlinson. Soil Health Monitoring Network - On-Site Data Collection. USDA-National Soil Survey Center. $200,000. 10/1/2017 to 9/30/2019.
7. Nelson, Nathan, Gerard Kluitenberg, Peter Tomlinson, and DeAnn Presley. Protecting Surface Water with Healthy Soils and Cover Crops. USDA-NRCS National Conservation Innovation Grant. $468,599. 9/30/2016 to 9/29/2019.
8. Berti, M.T. and G. Yan. ND soybean council and SBARe soybean. 7/2019-6/2020.$32,489 Reducing soybean cyst nematode with brown mustard and winter camelina.
9. Berti, M.T., A. Wick and K. Sedivec. NC-SARE, 10/1/2018-9/30/2020, $74,555. Cover crops and forage grazing training program in North Dakota
10. Berti, M.T. NC-Sungrant, 7/1/2018-6/30/2019, $43,692. Identifying energy sorghum cultivars with chilling tolerance and quality characteristics as a feedstock for energy,
11. Berti, M. and J.V. Anderson. USDA-NACA7/1/2018-6/30/2019, $20,000. Evaluation of ecosystem services provided by Camelina sativa as a cover crop for northern climates,
12. Berti, M.T. A. Peltier, and P. Glogoza. Minnesota soybean growers, 3/1/2018/1/4/2019. $27,826. Managing soybean cyst nematode with cover crops in Minnesota- year 1.
13. Berti, M.T. A. Peltier. Minnesota soybean growers, 3/1/2019/1/4/2010. $21,065. Managing soybean cyst nematode with cover crops in Minnesota- year 2.
14. Berti M.T., G. Yan. North Dakota Soybean Council/SBARE, 7/1/2018-6/30/2019. $29,340. Preceding and Interseeding Trap Crops into Standing Soybean to Reduce Soybean Cyst Nematode Population.
15. Chaterjee, A., M.T. Berti. Sugarbeet Research and Education, 3/1/2018-2/28/2019. $26,140. Adopting cover crops in sugarbeet production systems.
16. Daigh, A., J. DeJong-Hughes, and A. Wick. ND Soybean Council,2018-2019. $62,635. Maximizing Soil Warming and Health Under Different Tillage Practices in a Corn-Soybean Rotation.
17. Daigh, A., J. DeJong-Hughes, and A. Wick. ND Corn Council,2018-2019. $63,775. Maximizing Soil Warming and Health Under Different Tillage Practices in a Corn-Soybean Rotation.
18. Daigh, A., C. Gasch, F. Casey, T. DeSutter, A. Wick, D. Ritchison, D. Clay, C. Reese. NRCS CIG, 2017-2020, $999,327. Cover Crops and No-Tillage Enhance Soil Water Management in Frigid Northern Great Plains Soils.
19. Endres, G., K. Howatt, and M. Ostlie.. ND Soybean Council $14,700. 2019-2020. Fall-seeded cover crop tolerance to soybean herbicides.
20. Endres, G. and M. Ostlie. ND Soybean Council. $8000. FY2019. Soybean response to selected plant nutrition inputs and rye as a cover/companion crop.
21. Endres, G. and M. Ostlie. Northarvest Bean Growers Association. $15,500. 2018. Evaluation of selected plant establishment factors and nutrition treatments in dry bean.
22. Franzen, D., C. Gasch, A. Wick. 2019-2021, ND Corn Council, $23,129. Change in Free-Living N-Fixer Activity for Reduction of Corn N Rate Over Time with No-Till Transition.
23. Gasch, C., A. Wick, J. Harmon, T. DeSutter. ND soybean council and ND corn council. 7/2017-6/2018. $90,242. Managing salinity with cover crops: a whole system response.
24. Gasch, C., A. Wick, J. Harmon, T. DeSutter. ND soybean council and ND corn council. 7/2018-6/2019. $109,130 Managing salinity with cover crops: a whole system response – year 2.
25. Gasch, C., A. Wick, J. Harmon, T. DeSutter. ND soybean council and ND corn council. 7/2018-2/2019 $115,803. Managing salinity with cover crops: a whole system response – year 3.
26. Goos, R. J., and E. Eriksmoen. North Dakota Soybean Council. $33,785.  1 July 2018-30 June 2019.Water Stress Development and Mitigation in West Central ND. 
27. Gramig, G. ND Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (USDA-NIFA). 10/1/2017- 9/30/2019. $96,595.00. Combining cover crops, strip tillage, and novel mulches to manage weeds in vegetable cropping systems.
28. Hovick, T., M. Ostlie, B. Geaumont, J. Harmon, R. Limb. 2019-2020. $127,376 Enhancing dry bean production with adjacent pollinator habitats: Quantifying the range and extent of benefits.
29. Ostlie, M., B. Neville, D. Steele, D. Landblom, J. Teboh. J. Lemer, M. Berg, E. Aberle, S. Zwinger, S. Yuja. NC-SARE. 2019-2021. $199,985. Whole system approach to integrated crop/livestock production to enhance soil health and profitability of cropping and livestock systems in the Northern Great Plains.
30. Yuja, S., J. Teboh, G. Endres, S. Zwinger, and E. Aberle. ND soybean council. 2019. $14,550. Determining rye safety to soybeans with soil moisture status
31. Wick, A., F. Casey, C. Gasch, A. Daigh., ND Corn Council, 2019-2021. $167,290. Research and Extension Efforts at the Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm.
32. Wick, A., F. Casey, C. Gasch, A. Daigh. 2019-2020, ND Corn Council, $24,292. SHARE Farm North: Expanding Soil Health Building Research and Extension Efforts.
33. Wick, A. ND Wheat Commission, 2018-2019. $30,000. Define Wheat Response to Salinity/Soil Health. 2018-2019
34. Wick, A., F. Casey, D. Ripplinger, C. Gasch. ND Soybean Council, 2018-2019. $51,250
35. Research and Extension Efforts at the Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm (Year 6).
36. Wick, A., C. Gasch. NCR-SARE, 2017-2019. $29,488. Adoption of Cover Crops to Build Soil Health in the Northern Plains (Continuation).
37. Murdock, L. Numerous commodity board sources.  Fragipan remediation using cover crops.  $28,000
38. McNear, D., J. Grove, J. McGrath. 2016-2020.  AFRI NIFA Microbial Communities Program.  Rhizosphere priming effects on legacy organic phosphorus in a winter wheat / corn rotation.  $499,400
39. Proctor, C., M. Drewnoski, R. Elmore, S. Everhart, A. McMechan, J. Parsons, D. Redfearn, R. Werle, L. Lindsey, E. Haramoto, M. Salmeron. 2017-2019. USDA AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Agricultural Production Systems Priority area.  Optimizing cropping systems for resilience to stress: role of maturity group selection and cover crops on yield, weeds, insects, and microbes. $460,000
40. Jacobsen, K., T. Woods, E. Haramoto, T. Phillips, A. Wszelaki, S. O’Connell. 2016-2019. Southern region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension. Cover crops under cover: evaluating costs, benefits, and ecosystem services of cover crops in year-round high tunnel production systems. $241,615
41. Phillips, T. 2018-2019.  KY Small Grain Growers Association. Cereal rye breeding for cover crop improvement. $3000
42. McGrath, J., H. Poffenbarger, M. Salmeron, E. Ritchey, M. Sama, J. Shockley. Kentucky Corn Growers’ Association. Nitrogen rate decision support for Kentucky corn grain production.  $215,451
43. Czarnecki, J., B. Baker, J. Orlowski, J. Shockley. 2016-2019.  USDA-NIFA CARE. Quantifying the agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits of cover crops in Mid-South production systems.  $298,122
44. Ritchey, E., J. McGrath, B. Lee, E. Haramoto, M. Coyne, J. Shockley. 2017-2019. USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Kentucky Office, State Conservation Innovation Grant program Providing a better understanding of cover crop – soil interactions. $75,000
45. Haramoto, E. and H. Poffenbarger. 2018-19.  Kentucky Corn Growers’ Association.  Equipment modifications for planting into high-residue cover crops.  $4000
46. Haramoto, E. and H. Poffenbarger. 2018-19.  Kentucky Small Grain Growers’ Association.  Investigating cereal rye varieties for improved cover crop performance.  $15,000
47. Grove, J. and M. Coyne. 2018-19.  Soil health benefit from winter wheat in the rotation.  Kentucky Small Grain Growers’ Association.  2017-19.  $20,000
48. Pighetti, G., others at University of Tennessee, S.R. Smith, J. Bewley, K. Burdine. 2015-2019.  USDA NIFA.  Developing science-based recommendations to efficiently manage forages, herd health, and productivity on organic dairies in the southeastern US.  $1,800,000.
49. Collins, R. and E. Haramoto. 2018-19.  Southern SARE Graduate Student grant.  Improving sustainable weed management in soybean agroecosystems through cover cropping.  $16,491.
50. Rittschof, C., E. Haramoto, and S. Rehan. 2018-2021.  Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research.  Can commodity crop weed management practices enhance bee abundance, diversity, and health on agricultural land?  $120,900
51. Haramoto, E., K. Gage, R. Smeda, and A. Dille. 2017-2019. USDA NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management program area. Integrated management techniques to combat potential shifts in horseweed emergence.    $325,000
52. Haramoto, E., and JD Green. 2018-2019.  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board.  Integrating cover crops and herbicides for marestail management prior to soybean.  $45,030