 Hi, this is Leo Bordelon, NDSU Extension Cropping System Specialist, and I'm here today to talk about cover crops in soybeans. Soybeans is our number one crop in North Dakota right now, so based on the value of the crop and acreage, but we have seen a lot of issues on erosion after harvest the soybeans. So erosion is a big problem for us, we are losing our most important resource in an environment which is the soil, because the soil is the foundation of every production in the world. So cover crops can play a very important role to do two important things. One is to protect the soil and to stop the erosion, and the second one is to tackle a very important issue we are having in North Dakota, especially in the western part of the state which is weed control, especially coacia. So we can have or we can build a win-win scenario putting cover crops into soybeans to address these major issues, but how can we do that? So one option is we can broadcast or intercede in cover crops into standing soybeans. So there's a lot of research in North Dakota, especially in the eastern part of the state, where we know right or some broad leaves like canola or wiener canola or wiener camelina are successfully used as a cover crop. There are some pitfalls in doing this. One is the timing, so typically we should do the broadcast cover crop into standing soybeans at the R5 stage or R6, which is when the leaves start to drop. Why we do this? At least we can have cover crop growing before the first frost. If we are moving towards our western part of the state, which our moisture is more limiting compared to the eastern part of the state, we still can do it, but the moisture is a little tricky. So sometimes the best part should be regulated by two things. One, the crop stage and the moisture available. So it's not that easy to do, but it's possible. And as much as we can, we have to protect our soil to improve our soil health. And one option is broadcast cover crop into standing soybeans. Thank you for your time. And if you have any questions, please reach out to NDSU Extension for more information or questions. Thank you.