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During the first week of April I was in several root pits in northwest Indiana and boy did we find plenty of interesting factoids! I was assisted by Eileen Kladivko from Purdue University on one day and Barry Fisher, Indiana NRCS State Agronomist, on another day. What We Found in the Cover Crop Root Pits . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Root Pits Reveal Plenty   3 comments  Breaking Up Compaction, Cover Crop Benefits, Cover Crop Roots, Cover Crops and Earthworms, Education, Field Days, Grazing Cover Crops, Soil Improvement  Annual Ryegrass, beef cattle, cover crops, Crimson Clover, drought stress, earthworms, grazing cover crops, no-till, Oats, Radishes, roots, worms 
In late September of 2011 I was walking in our family corn field in central Indiana–in the pouring rain. Following the wettest spring in the eastern corn belt in 100 years we had a summertime drought that saw less than 2 inches in July and August combined. In that same time period we had 32 . . . → Read More: Cover Crops Enhance Water Infiltration/Percolation 
Ray Archuleta and I after we spoke at the Southern Indiana Grazing Conference on soil health and cover crops. Over the past three years I have had the privilege of speaking at a number of meetings when Ray Archuleta is also on the agenda. Ray is a tremendous source of knowledge and information on . . . → Read More: Cover Crops and Ray the Soil guy 
These cattle have a great body score as they graze on December 6, 2011 in northern Indiana. In early December, 2011 I visited two farms in Kosciusko County Indiana (NE IN) where producers had intentionally planted cover crops after their wheat was harvested for the purpose of grazing cattle and improving soil. One of . . . → Read More: Grazing Cover Crops In this cover crop post I again quote Paul Conway from Kansas, who is giving his input on cover crops in the Great Plains. In this article, Paul shares his experience with Austrian winter peas, field peas, chickling vetch, and hairy vetch. Dave, Austrian Winter Peas: I have limited and disappointing experience with Austrian Winter . . . → Read More: Cover Crops in the Great Plains – a view from a long time cover crop user- Part 2 2 comments Austrian Winter Peas, Cover Crop Benefits, Grazing Cover Crops, Hairy Vetch, Nitrogen from Cover Crops, Types of Cover Crops AC Greenfix, Austrian Winter Peas, Chickling Vetch, cover crops, Cover Crops in the Great Plains, establishing cover crops, field peas, Hairy Vetch, nitrogen production, nitrogen production from cover crops, vegetables |
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