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Tag Archives: cover crops
Thinking about Annual Ryegrass This Year?
It’s still not too late to consider starting a cover crop on your acreage this year. In fact, August may be an ideal time to broadcast seed. In years past, the use of fixed wing aircraft to apply seed has … Continue reading
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Tagged aerial seeding, Annual ryegrass, cover crops, seeding cover crops
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How to Plan for Annual Ryegrass Cover Crop Application
At this point, with corn and soybeans growing to maturity, adding a cover crop this fall can be done in two basic ways: broadcast the seed or drill it. Broadcasting cover crop seed takes place while the major cash crop … Continue reading
Interseeding Annual Ryegrass into Corn
The increasingly popular practice of interseeding annual ryegrass and other cover crops into spring corn continues to receive attention. Why? In the Northern Corn Belt, growers find efficiency to seed cover crops in the spring, rather than the fall, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual ryegrass, cover crop interseeding, cover crops, Dan Towery
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Annual Ryegrass and other Cover Crops – New Tips on Termination
Admittedly, this is late for the 2017 burndown season. And yet, it’s important to share while it’s topical…managing cover crops is a “growing” interest and we’ll keep an eye on posting an update early next year. Mike Plumer is the … Continue reading
Increase Your ROI 266% with Cover Crops
Some say that in a down economy, planting annual ryegrass or another cover crop is too expensive. The managing editor of No Till Farming magazine just published an article that shows otherwise. Based on data from Ken Rulon, who farms … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass – Now What?
Ok, so now the annual ryegrass is killed. It’s residue will soon become worm food. The decaying roots will become added food for a rich soil biology. The channels left by the decayed roots will create more friability in the … Continue reading
Glyphosate and Monsanto Clear The Hurdle
An alternative health blogger known as Food Babe has been going toe to toe with Monsanto for years, trying to get traction with consumers on the dangers of glyphosate…Monsanto’s RoundUp. She has postulated that glyphosate, even in minute traces per … Continue reading
The Chemistry of Burndown of Annual Ryegrass
Glyphosate is the most common herbicide used to control annual ryegrass. It’s very important to use a rate that is adequate. The minimum rate of glyphosate recommended for annual ryegrass is 1.25-1.50 lb a.e./acre with ammonium sulfate and surfactant in … Continue reading
Killing Annual Ryegrass Cover Crops Adds to Soil Organic Matter
Cereal rye is a great cover crop. Sometimes, however, the amount of biomass in the spring creates difficulty for drilling corn seed. The excess vegetation can impede proper planting and can also take moisture out of the soil that crops … Continue reading
Terminating Annual Ryegrass Effectively – the 1st Time
The first important step in controlling annual ryegrass used as a cover crop is the timing of the burndown. It is best done when the plant is small, 6-9” in height, and preferably before the first node has developed. Typically, … Continue reading