Although not the problem of 2015, some areas have experienced extreme weather resulting in prevented planting. As with last year, these acres should be managed in ways to prevent soil degradation and increase soil productivity for next year.

To assist field staff in answering farmers’ and landowners’ questions about managing these acres – especially with the use of cover crops – CCSI has developed and collected presentations and handouts that may be used to create short informational meetings.

Suggested Presentations

Presentations are in .pdf format. To view as slideshow, left click “view” in the menu bar, then “full screen mode” in the drop-down menu.

• Zipped Set of Presentations
• Soil Health Regeneration Strategies – Barry Fisher, USDA-NRCS
• Presentation Notes for Soil Health Regeneration Strategies
• Herbicides and Cover Crops – Dr. Bill Curran, Penn State
• Handout Version – Herbicides and Cover Crops

Suggested Handouts – Cover Crops for Prevented Planting or Failed Crops

• Zipped Set of Handouts – Cover Crops for Prevented Planting or Failed Crops
• Purdue AY353W – Integrating Cover Crops into a Corn-Soybean Rotation
• NRCS Agronomy Tech Note – Cover Crops to Improve Soil in Prevented Planting Fields
• NRCS Agronomy Crib Note – Cover Crops to Improve Soil in Prevented Planting Fields
• Purdue – Cover Crops for Prevented Planting Acres

Suggested Handouts – Herbicide Persistence and Cover Crops

• Zipped Set of Handouts – Herbicide Persistence and Cover Crops
• Herbicide Persistence and Rotation to Cover Crops (with tables) – Dr. Bill Curran, Penn State
• NRCS Agronomy Crib Note – Herbicide Persistence in Cover Crops

Suggested Handouts – Forage Considerations

• Zipped Set of Handouts – Forage Considerations
• Purdue – Coping with a Short Forage Supply
• University of Wisconsin – Forages after Herbicides (with tables)
• LaCrosse Seed – Emergency Forage Options

Additional Resources

• Handout – Additional Resources
• Purdue Extension Disaster Education Network
• USDA-RMA-2012 Prevented Planting Handbook
• Midwest Cover Crops Council
• Indiana NRCS Cover Crops Seeding Calculator
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Managing Cover Crops Profitably

 General Cover Crop / Soil Health Handouts

• Zipped Set of General Cover Crop / Soil Health Handouts
• NRCS Biology Tech Note – Using Cover Crops to Benefit Pollinators
• NRCS/CCSI – A Strategy to Improve Soil Health in a Midwest Corn-Soybean Cropping System
• NRCS Agronomy Tech Note – Conservation Crop Rotation for Soil Quality and Soil Health