Experienced cover cropper Nathan Anderson and new cover crop user Keaton Krueger discuss planter set-up, nitrogen, planting green and one another’s cover crop challenges and ideas.
Nathan and Keaton share the good, the bad and the ugly to help keep all farmers learning together and moving forward on their own farms.
Nathan Anderson runs Bobolink Prairie Farms near Aurelia, Iowa. Nathan, Sarah and their family have grown their cattle herd while improving grazing management and incorporating cover crops. They plant cover crops into no-till, strip-till and sometimes worked ground in the spring. Nathan will share his insights about these different planting conditions.
Keaton Krueger farms with his wife, Angela, on her family farm near Ogden, Iowa. They are beginning farmers who currently raise corn and soybeans, and will be finishing some hogs for the first time in 2021. 2020 was the first year Keaton used cover crops and will share how they get prepared for spring when cover crops is new to the operation.
This video was recorded on March 16, 2021.
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