Cover Crop Cereal Rye: Is there a (bad) connection with Goss’s Wilt in corn?

By Dave, on September 28th, 2011%
Goss's Wilt

Goss's Wilt is becoming quite a problem in the US Corn Belt.

Cover crop cereal rye has been getting some “bad press” over the past month. It has been suggested that there is a connection with cover crop rye and Goss’s Wilt in corn (cereal rye making the Goss’s Wilt disease worse in corn).

I have talked . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Cereal Rye: Is there a (bad) connection with Goss’s Wilt in corn?

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Crimson Clover; a jewel among the cover crop legumes

By Dave, on June 16th, 2010%

Crimson clover is a top nitrogen producer and beautiful as well.

Crimson clover is a real jewel among the cover crop species.  Crimson clover is an excellent producer of nitrogen and there are some newer varieties on the market that are very winterhardy even into Michigan.  Dr. Eileen Kladivko measured how much nitrogen was produced by . . . → Read More: Crimson Clover; a jewel among the cover crop legumes

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