1. Green Lands Blue Waters Nov. 22, 2013 Matt Ruark UW-Madison Tom Kaspar USDA-ARS Ryan Stockwell NWF Jill Sackett UMN Extension COVER CROPS: UPDATE ON THE MIDWEST COVER CROPS COUNCIL & CURRENT ISSUES

2.  Activities of the Midwest Cover Crops Council  State-level Nutrient Reduction Strategies  Industry & USDA funded research  National Wildlife Federation 2013 UPDATE

3. MWCCC WEBSITE  21,276 unique visitors  33,973 total visits  108,175 page views  123 countries  All 50 states  383 users on Listserv  233 likes on Facebook

4.  Number of hits COVER CROP SELECTOR TOOL

5. Field crop selector tool  3,001 visits  2,211 unique visitors  42 countries Vegetable crop selector tool  1,334 visits  1,138 unique visitors  27 countries  Expansion – northeastern US, eastern Canada COVER CROP SELECTOR TOOL

6.  26,841 copies printed  $5 each https://ag.purdue.edu/agry/dtc/Pages/CCFG.aspx COVER CROP FIELD GUIDE

7.  Making Sen$e with Cover Crops Workshop  February 28 & March 1, 2013 – London, ON  http://www.mccc.msu.edu/MCCCmeeting.html 2013 MCCC MEETING

8. NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN OMAHA

9. COVER CROPS & STATE LEVEL NUTRIENT REDUCTION STRATEGIES

11. Corn-CAP  www.sustainablecorn.org www.sustainablecorn.org Dairy-CAP  www.sustainabledairy.org COVER CROPS AS PART OF USDA AFRI- CAP GRANTS

12.  Understanding cover crop use in soybean production systems  PI: Dale Mutch, coPI: Dean Baas  Co-investigators:  Eileen Kladivko – Purdue University  Shaun Casteel – Purdue University  Tom Kaspar – USDA-ARS  Don Wyse – Univ. Minnesota  Jim Hoorman – Ohio State Univ.  Richard Hoormann – Univ. Missouri  David Clay - SDSU  Sharon Clay - SDSU  Matt Ruark – Univ. Wisconsin NORTH CENTRAL SOYBEAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

13. Research objectives:  Conduct surveys and interviews with soybean farmers (cover crop users and non-users) about cover crop use and determine what information farmers need.  Collaborate with MCCC members and other interested researchers to develop a management guide for cover crop use & soybean production.  Assess and prioritize future research needs to increase cover crop use in soybean production for the North Central Soybean Research Program. NORTH CENTRAL SOYBEAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

14.  Hiring of Sarah Carlson  Washington DC Fly-In  Cover crop champions  Addressing cover crop and crop insurance issues NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

15.  2013 Prevent Plant  Increase in aerial seeding  Future of MCCC leadership OTHER BIG ISSUES