Farmer Report from Ohio – Planting into “Out of Control” Peas

By Dave, on September 6th, 2011%
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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.  The first . . . → Read More: Farmer Report from Ohio – Planting into “Out of Control” Peas

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Cover Crops Under the Snow – What’s Happening?

By Dave, on February 18th, 2011%

A blanket of 12" of snow covered my cover crop plots on Feb 12, 2011. What would I find??

Across much of the Corn Belt there has been pretty good snow cover since the beginning of 2011.  On February 12, 2011 it was not snowing in my hometown of Winona Lake, IN so I decided to . . . → Read More: Cover Crops Under the Snow – What’s Happening?

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What if a cover crop dies over the winter…was it still valuable?

By Dave, on February 1st, 2011%

As I take phone calls and conduct meetings I ask producers if they want to have the cover crop they are choosing to overwinter or die during the winter.  I’d guess that the answer as split 50/50. The biggest reason for wanting the cover crop to die is that producers don’t want to have “to mess” . . . → Read More: What if a cover crop dies over the winter…was it still valuable?

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