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Tag Archives: cover crops
Planting Annual Ryegrass – Tips for Success
The last blog post discussed the best planting dates for annual ryegrass, depending on whether you drill or broadcast with plane or high clearance equipment. Many others are broadcasting annual ryegrass seed (after corn harvest) mixed in with manure slurry. … 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
Annual Ryegrass Roots…”Go Dig!”
“My cover crop wasn’t green this spring!” Don Wirth’s answer to what sounded to him like a complaint was, “Go dig!” His point: when annual ryegrass is established in the fall, it quickly sends roots down below a foot, even … 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
Late Spring Planting
Late Spring Crop Planting A wet spring and late planting aren’t necessarily a cause for gloomy predictions in the Midwest, according to Dan Towery. “Last year, the corn and beans were planted even later than this year, and there was … Continue reading
Looking at Crimson Clover in Cover Crop Mix with Annual Ryegrass
Looking at Crimson Clover in Cover Crop Mix with Annual Ryegrass Crimson clover’s peak potential to fix Nitrogen is just before it blooms. It can fix the most nitrogen (up to 135b/ac) in the soil at that time. But … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass – Manage it Properly
Managing annual ryegrass is not rocket science…but it is all about science. Therefore, being precise about the process of killing the cover crop is important. In prior posts, you’ve learned about the timing, the weather, the proper mix of glyphosate, … Continue reading
Killing Annual Ryegrass – Part 2
Annual ryegrass is a vigorous plant. Planted last summer or fall, the roots can be established to more than 5 feet into the soil. So, even if there’s only 6 – 8 inches of top growth, treat annual ryegrass as … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Touted in SARE Cover Crop Videos
In a series of videos produced by Sustainable Ag Research & Education (SARE): called Cover Crop Innovators, Midwest farmers talk about their experience with annual ryegrass and other cover crops.Click here for the whole series: Or, click here to see … 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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