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Editor's note This week the funding directory more than doubled. We added 38 programs the federal feeds never surface — corporate cover-crop payments, state cost-share, and farmer grants you can apply to directly. If you run cover crops or no-till, several of these pay per acre. A few worth your calendar: Farmers for Soil Health ($35/acre, 20 states) is open through August 31; Maryland's Cover Crop Program signs up June 22–July 17; Vermont's Pay for Performance runs through July 15. The whole set is now sortable by your state, your practice, and how soon it closes. The reading stack stays practical: the latest on weed management beyond glyphosate, and a field answer on exactly how much nitrogen a legume cover crop actually hands the following corn. Small June decisions, again — deciding how much pressure you carry into the rest of the season.
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This week at a glance
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Start here 
Cover Crops in Dryland Systems: When the Water Trade-off Is Worth It and When It Isn't3 reads - Cover crops cost water — that much is true. But whether that cost kills your next wheat crop depends on rainfall zone,... |
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From the field 
Aragonite Calcium Carbonate: Promising Soil Amendment or Still an Open Research Question?Aragonite calcium carbonate is worth studying, but I would separate the discussion into two parts: what we already know about calcium carbonate/lime materials, and what still need... |
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Funding watch A few timely programs to keep on the radar, after the field-answer work.
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Field tactic  How a legume nitrogen credit works A reasonable estimate of nitrogen credit from a legume cover crop prior to corn requires two pieces of i... |
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