EPISODE · Mar 18, 2022 · 48 MIN
Cover Crop Hype vs. What Works on Dry Land
from Growing the Future · host Dan Aberhart, Scott Gillespie
Cover crops work in North Dakota and Ontario. That doesn't mean they work in the Palliser's Triangle. Scott Gillespie, a regenerative agriculture consultant and host of the Plants Dig Soil podcast, joins Dan to make the case for a realistic, ROI first approach to cover cropping in Western Canada's short season, semi-arid growing conditions. What's Inside His FIRST framework, Fit, Implementation, Return on Investment, Species, and Termination, for deciding if a cover crop actually belongs on a field Why holding soil in place during a windstorm is the fastest and clearest return most producers will ever get from cover cropping The real reason multi-generational farms resist trying new practices, and it isn't stubbornness Why species selection should be the last decision in the process, not the first What relay interseeding cover crops into an existing crop can unlock that a post-harvest planting never will Take the Cover Crop Course here: https://plantsdigsoil.thinkific.com/courses/cover-crops-prairies?coupon=future Plants Dig Soil podcast: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/podcast Connect with Scott: Website: plantsdigsoil.com Twitter: scottgillespie Linkedin: scottgillespie Connect with Growing the Future Website: growingthefuture.ca YouTube: Growing the Future Instagram: @growingthefuturepodcast LinkedIn: Growing the Future Subscribe to the Growing the Future Podcast wherever you listen, and register for Convergence Conference 2027 at convergence.ag. Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.
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Scott Gillespie, a regenerative agriculture consultant and host of the Plants Dig Soil podcast, joins Dan to bring a realistic, economics first lens to cover cropping in Western Canada's short season, semi-arid growing conditions. He walks through his FIRST framework for deciding whether a cover crop belongs on a given field, and why species selection, the part most producers start with, should actually come last. The tension is that most cover crop advice comes from regions with far more moisture and a much longer growing window, advice that can cost a Prairie producer their next cash crop if followed without adjustment. Producers walk away with a clear-eyed way to evaluate cover cropping on its actual return, not on the hype around it.
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