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Tag Archives: aerial seeding
Cover Crops – Annual Ryegrass Sales Grow Even in Bad Weather
Cover cropping continues to grow in popularity and in acreage simply because it builds soil quality, improves yields and adds to profits. That mother nature doesn’t always cooperate hasn’t diminished the appetite for producers seeking to get on the most … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass: Part of New Adaptive Management Strategy
Adaptive management. Fancy title, basically meaning “be on top of developing situations in your fields and be ready for a Plan B”. Many farmers already fit that definition to a TEE. When it comes to growing successful cover crops, however, … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Videos – Basics and Advanced Information
Perhaps you’ve already seen these dozen videos about annual ryegrass, both about how to plant and manage it, but also the benefits of having a cover crop on your soil. Click here if you want to review them…the link here … Continue reading
1st Year Cover Cropper Doubles Down on Annual Ryegrass
The advice about using cover crops for the first time is almost written in stone: “Start with a small parcel.” John Werries, a third generation farmer from Chapin, Illinois, had a few things going for him that allowed him to … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass – When to Plant and How Much is Enough?
If you use a no-till drill to plant annual ryegrass, you get better seed to soil contact, but the timing becomes crucial because of crop harvest variability. In the past few years, corn and bean harvests have been later and, … Continue reading
Get Your Annual Ryegrass Seed Soon
Last year, with the growth in use of cover crops, seed suppliers seemed to find themselves low on seed when July and August came around. While supplies seem stable now, it would be a good idea to lock in your … Continue reading
Planting Annual Ryegrass into Knee High Corn
Interseeding Cover Crops in the Northern US In recent years, growers and agronomists in Canadian Province of Quebec have been creating a “game changer” in agriculture, with the addition of cover crops, according to Dan Towery. In northern latitudes, with … Continue reading
SARE Ties with DuPont-Pioneer on Cover Crops
In February, a select group of 300 cover crop experts gathered in Omaha to discuss the prospect of massively enlarging the number of cover crop acres in the Midwest. At present, there’s an estimated 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 acres of corn … Continue reading
Posted in Dan's Digs, Soil Quality
Tagged aerial seeding, aerial seeding of cover crops, Annual ryegrass, cover crops, erosion control, improve water infiltration, management of annual ryegrass, Mike Plumer, nitrogen scavenging cover crop, no-till agriculture, SARE, seeding cover crops, sequester nitrogen, weed suppression
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Annual Ryegrass at Commodity Classic – Feb 28
Annual ryegrass is among the most popular cover crops. As such, it will be among the key elements in a Cover Crop learning session at the Commodity Classic this year, in San Antonio, TX. The session will cover both the … Continue reading
Posted in Dan's Digs, General Information
Tagged aerial seeding, Annual ryegrass, Commodity Classic, cover crops, CTIC, erosion control, improve water infiltration, Karen Scanlon, management of annual ryegrass, Mike Plumer, nitrogen scavenging cover crop, no-till agriculture, Rob Myers, SARE, sequester nitrogen, USDA, weed suppression
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Cover Crop Veterans Increase Acreage of Annual Ryegrass in Midwest Corn and Beans
Nick Bowers looked at sales of cover crop seed from his Oregon farm this year and declared “we’re up from last year but the growth has leveled off a bit, compared to previous years.” “The good news of cover crops … Continue reading