The Midwest Cover Crops Council’s Annual Meeting and Conference will be held in Dubuque, IA in 2026! Supported by UW–Madison Extension, you can find several of our staff presenting on topics including cover crops, planter setup, planting alfalfa into green cover crops, and talking to landlords and tenants about conservation.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Midwest Cover Crops Council! The Midwest Cover Crops Council’s Annual Meeting will take place on Tues., Feb. 10 in Dubuque, IA, and will be followed by a day of cover crop education on February 11. Breakout session topics focus on row crops, forage and grazing systems, and conservation.
Registration will go live Nov. 17, 2025. More information can be found on the event webpage.
Row crop breakout sessions include:
- Cover crop species selection and establishment (Dr. Mark Licht, Iowa State University)
- Pythium and allelopathy (Dr. Alison Robertson, Iowa State University)
- Cover crops and nutrients ahead of corn (Dr. Matt Ruark, UW–Madison and Dr. Shalamar Armstrong, Purdue University)
- Planter setup for planting green (Dr. Brian Luck, UW–Madison)
Forage and grazing breakout sessions include:
- Mixtures vs. monocultures (Dr. Kim Cassida, Michigan State University)
- Cover crop grazing quality (Denise Schwab, Iowa State University)
- Quality, quantity, and forage timing (Dr. Brad Heins, University of Minnesota)
- Planting alfalfa into green cereal rye (Dr. Marta Kohmann, UW–Madison)
Conservation breakout sessions include:
- How to talk to your landlord or tenant about conservation (Landon Baumgartner and Josh Bendorf, UW–Madison Extension)
- A decade of monitoring conservation practices in the Black Hawk Lake watershed (Dr. Michelle Soupir, Iowa State University)
- Wind erosion and conservation practices (Zack Smith)
- Increased working days with conservation practices (Dr. Stefan Gailans, PFI)
Conference webpage: https://www.midwestcovercrops.org/meetings/
