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Tag Archives: aerial seeding
New to Cover Crops? Read this News Article about Annual Ryegrass and Radishes.
Long time Illinois farmer Sonny Snyder learned this year that cover crops are a money saver, a soil saver and, with success, a revenue enhancer…although he’s had to spend some time learning new management techniques. Click here for the story. Here’s … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass IS NOT THE SAME as Cereal Rye
The name “rye” in both cover crops is confusing. Annual ryegrass is a grass; Cereal rye is a grain, more like wheat. Both are used for cover crops and forage. Here are some basic differences, with the most distinctive in … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass and Other Cover Crops Boost Yield in Dry Years
Two Midwest farmers had a common soil problem – compaction – and they discovered how annual ryegrass could remedy that problem permanently, with no more “heavy iron” involved. Read the whole story of how using annual ryegrass, and other, cover … Continue reading
Some Rain, Too Late. Cover Crops May Help Protect Soil, Save Nutrients
The half-inch or so of rain in the Midwest this week has sprouted spirits, although with more warm weather forecast, the prospect for a reversal of fortunes on most corn crops is slim. The worst drought in more than 50 … Continue reading
Midwest Cover Crop Council Publishes Cover Crop Manual
Producers who want to prevent soil erosion, improve nutrient cycling, sustain their soils, and protect the environment have been returning to a very old practice: planting cover crops. Although farmers have been using cover crops for centuries, today’s producers are … Continue reading
Posted in General Information, Soil Quality
Tagged aerial seeding, Annual ryegrass, burndown of cover crops, cover crops, deep rooting, erosion control, improve water infiltration, management of annual ryegrass, Mike Plumer, no-till agriculture, Purdue University, seeding cover crops, sequester nitrogen, weed suppression
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Researchers Experimenting with Very Early Seeding of Cover Crops
Agronomy researchers in Pennsylvania and Quebec, Canada, are finding success with planting annual ryegrass and other cover crops early in the late spring, when corn is about knee high (“lay-by time”). The more traditional time to plant annual ryegrass is … Continue reading
Dan Towery and Jamie Scott Present at OSU Conservation Tillage Conference
Earlier this week, more than 900 attendees at the annual Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference (Ada, OH) heard from more than 60 presenters on an exhaustive array of topic dealing with improving soil, reducing nutrient leaching and improving harvest yields. … Continue reading
No-Till Farmer Video on New Annual Ryegrass Cover Crop User
Todd Mooberry, Lowpoint, IL, planted annual ryegrass and crimson clover this past fall for the first time. He had the seed flown onto 600 acres of standing corn, which he later strip-tilled. See the video here:http://www.no-tillfarmer.com/pages/Web-Exclusive-Cover-Crops-at-Todd-Mooberrys-Farm-in-Fall-2011-Lowpoint,-Ill-Video.php
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Tagged aerial seeding, Annual ryegrass, cover crops, seeding cover crops
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Iowa NRCS Profiles Annual Ryegrass Cover Crop Innovator
Cover Crop Club Learning to Manage Practice Together by Laura Greiner, State Public Affairs Specialist, USDA/NRCS – Iowa Trying something new and innovative is always easier when you can learn from someone else’s experience. For a small group of innovative … Continue reading
Cover Crops, Annual Ryegrass, Popular No-Till Conference Topics
At the recent National No-Till Conference (NNTC) in St. Louis, MO, cover crops seemed to be on nearly everyone’s minds. Record numbers of attendees (900+….350 of which were 1st timers) saw dozens of presentations and informal “round table” discussions where … Continue reading