Monthly Archives: November 2015

NRCS Funds Expanded Use of Cover Crops

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Tim Buckley

From No-Till Magazine’s managing editor this week, an article about expanded use of federal taxpayer funds for establishing agricultural conservation measures. Click here for the whole article. Below, a portion of that article. It’s becoming ever more clear that the … Continue reading →

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EPA Steps on Intro of Dow’s Enlist Duo

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Tim Buckley

Combining glyphosate with other herbicides to increase the killing effect of the application has been used for many years. See our brochure on annual ryegrass management for specifics on this. Earlier in the year, EPA allowed 15 states the green … Continue reading →

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Good News and More News about Cover Crops

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Tim Buckley

In next week’s UN Climate Change Conference, cover crops won’t be center stage but certainly will be part of the mix of popular go-to strategies for long-term global health. Cover crops, including the ever-popular annual ryegrass, continue to gain credibility … Continue reading →

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Mississippi State U expands forage species testing; New companions to old favorites like Annual Ryegrass

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Tim Buckley

Until 2007, the forage testing program at Mississippi State University was limited to annual ryegrass. Nothing wrong with that particularly but producers continued to urge research agronomists to look at other species and varieties. Then Rocky Lemus was hired and … Continue reading →

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