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On October 18, 2011 the cover crops are looking quite different in one section of the field than the other…the main reasons? The maturity of the soybean variety planted and row width. In previous posts I have shared about the importance of applying cover crops at the correct time. I also looked at the . . . → Read More: The Importance of Sunshine in Cover Crop Establishment  
In the summer of 2010 I entered a number of “cover crop” radishes into research plots in Michigan and Minnesota. Some of the products I entered were given to me from a supplier in Oregon. They had collected seed samples from Europe that had been touted as cover crop worthy. They weren’t. Fortunately those varieties . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Radish Research reveals interesting data and information 
Difficulty establishing cover crops is viewed by some farmers as one of the reasons of why NOT to plant cover crops. Aerial application has been viewed as “guess-work flying” by some producers because of some poor application jobs in previous years. However, since the 2011 crop was planted late because of record setting rain in . . . → Read More: Cover Crops aerial applied into soybeans and corn…any difference in emergence time? 
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). . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Cereal Rye: Is there a (bad) connection with Goss’s Wilt in corn? 
The cover crop radishes varied in size with the amount of moisture in the field in the fall of 2010. My good friend David from Mercer County, Ohio is a great cover crop advocate. Over the past few years he and his father-in-law have begun planting cover crops after their wheat crop is harvested. . . . → Read More: Farmer Report from Ohio – Planting into “Out of Control” Peas  4 comments  Austrian Winter Peas, Cover Crop Benefits, Cover Crop Challenges, Delayed Spring Planting, Planting into Tall Austrian Winter Peas, Seed Selection: What to Plant After..., Stand Establishment Following Cover Crops, Types of Cover Crops, Wheat, Winterhardiness  Austrian Winter Peas, Cover Crop Benefits, cover crop radishes, cover crops, no-tilling into winter peas |
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