Tag Archives: cover crops

Is “Good Enough” Good Enough Anymore?

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Tim Buckley

When has “good enough” been your measure for anything? Raising your kids? No! Nothing’s good enough for them, right? Electing honest leaders? Imagine where America would be if we decided that mediocre was all we could expect from those we … Continue reading →

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Earth Day – A Tribute to No Till and Cover Crops

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Tim Buckley

Perhaps the hoopla about climate change and global warming is yielding some new converts to no-till and cover cropping. Not to say whether “man caused” or “cyclical trends” is the primary factor for the increased severe weather in the Midwest. … Continue reading →

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Exceeding with Interseeding

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Tim Buckley

When you think about planting this spring, consider whether you might want to include annual ryegrass seed in the mix. More producers are adding an annual ryegrass seeding in late spring, planted between rows after corn has reached mid calf … Continue reading →

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Videos about Successful Annual Ryegrass Planting and Forage Applications

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Tim Buckley

Two of the most popular videos on the Ryegrass Cover crop YouTube site are: Discovering the Benefits of Annual Ryegrass as a Cover Crop Growing Ryegrass as a Forage Crop In the first, Mike Plumer and others talk about the … Continue reading →

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Cattle Ranchers Talk Cover Crops and Forage on Their Feedlots and Farms

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Tim Buckley

Shane and Shawn Tiffany are young, energetic Kansas ranchers, who earned their stripes working for other ranchers before starting their own company in the early 2000s. Tiffany Cattle Company is small by comparison, but the men have already begun to … Continue reading →

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Farmer Success Stories with Annual Ryegrass

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Tim Buckley

Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of farms across the Midwest have quit tillage practices because they harm the soil. Instead, they’ve gone to no-till and cover crops. To review reasons to switch to cover crops, click here … Continue reading →

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How to Pull Nitrogen into Corn with Annual Ryegrass

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Tim Buckley

One of the dozen benefits from planting a cover crop like annual ryegrass is to sequester, or uptake, available nitrogen (N) in the soil. This is accomplished mostly by reducing the amount of N that leaches out of the field … Continue reading →

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Ryegrass, Good for a Climate Goin’ Through Some Changes

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Tim Buckley

Science tends to win out over guesswork. Few would disavow centuries of medical experience in favor of hocus-pocus and suspicions. Similarly, those with decades of working the soil tend to heed the sciences pertinent to agriculture, rather than winging it … Continue reading →

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Grass Roots are Important – Whether in Politics or in Cover Crops

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Tim Buckley

This recent election proved again why “grass roots” are important. More than colorful flyers and 30-second ads can ever do, grass roots is where democracy started, and continues to start each election cycle. The more money being thrown at negative … Continue reading →

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Recalling a Man Who Put Annual Ryegrass on the Cover Crop Map

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Tim Buckley

  Mike Plumer was a guy who made sure he knew what he was talking about before he’d open his mouth. He didn’t tout his academic degrees or his professional experience as much as giving you the benefit of his … Continue reading →

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