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Tag Archives: erosion control
Annual Ryegrass Seed Sources
Annual ryegrass is a tool for improving soil health and increasing crop yield. In fact, annual ryegrass is like the durable Leatherman tool – just one application to fix a lot of problems. Annual ryegrass puts an end to erosion … 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 – At the Root of it All
The Dust Bowl crippled the Great Plains states in the 1930s and 40s because of poor soil management in the decades before that. The mistakes made were partly because of economics – farmers were rewarded for expanding their acreage in … Continue reading
How Hardy is Annual Ryegrass as a Cover Crop?
In the chart below, you can see color-coded bands that pertain to climatic zones. In the accompanying guide to growing ideal cover crops, the Pioneer and DuPont agronomists determined that annual ryegrass was not recommended for use above Indiana, except … Continue reading
Annual Ryegrass Video Series – for beginners and intermediate cover crop users
The experts said it back in 1998, that no-till and cover crops were a winning combination for corn and soybean growers. Ten years later, a series of videos were done to introduce the idea and bring basic understanding of the … Continue reading
National No-Till Conference – 25th Anniversary – Features Lots of Cover Crop Ed.
This year’s annual National No-Till Conference – Jan 10 – 13 – in St. Louis is perhaps the best ever. Here’s the link to the website. Click on the image below to see the entire prgram listing. For you cover … Continue reading
Thanksgiving – A Gift to Keep Giving
A cover crop like annual ryegrass gives fertile minds the room to use it as a metaphor, or symbol. The roots of ryegrass go deep, like the roots of our common heritage as humans. Whether we came from Europe, Africa, … Continue reading
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Annual Ryegrass – Deepest Rooting of any Cover Crop
By now, with winter around the corner, your cover crop is already going to work to secure topsoil from the erosive qualities of run off and wind. (If you don’t have cover crops on all your acres, it might be … Continue reading
Cover Crops in the Midwest Saves Lives in the Gulf
Agricultural runoff has dramatically altered life in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Hypoxia, in essence the cutting off of oxygen, has choked off aquatic life in the Gulf. Continued practices will essentially kill off life, and the … Continue reading
Farmers, Environmental Organizations and the Feds Chorus the Benefits of Cover Crops
What doesn’t stay on farmlands can easily end up in nearby waterways and in the air we breathe. Cover crops like annual ryegrass have become friends of the environment. Imagine living in an era when farmers and environmental advocates … Continue reading