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I am so pleased to present these photos of how well my friend Dave’s soybeans planted into tall cereal rye looks. Dave is from central Indiana between Indy and Lafayette. See the previous photo diary here. I know Dave gained lots of encouragement to try this from Howard and Mike Weller from the Continental, Ohio . . . → Read More: Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop- part 2  
I am very blessed to know a number of producers that are passionate about cover crops and crop production profitability. One such producer is a fellow named Dave from NC Indiana. (Dave is very humble and does not want notoriety so I will not use his last name or exact town.) However, Dave has agreed . . . → Read More: Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop The first day of December brought the first day of snow in northern Indiana. After the inch or so of snow and some Arctic air the cover crops are shutting down. Over the past three weeks we received around 5″ of rain so the cover crops were actually growing fairly well heading into December. Now . . . → Read More: Cover Crop plots in December-What can we tell now? The video below shows the value of Crimson Clover in a cover crop setting. Crimson clover has been tested and shown to produce as much as 140#/N after it has been planted after wheat. The plots in this video were planted around July 29, 2010 by the Jasper and Newton County SWCD folks (Thanks Dan . . . → Read More: Big Radish fed by Crimson Clover  Leave a comment  Breaking Up Compaction, Cover Crop Roots, Crimson Clover, Radishes, YouTube Videos  Annual Ryegrass, AU Robin Crimson Clover, Crimson Clover, deep roots, Groundhog radish, legumes for cover crops, nitrogen production, nutrient scavenging, prevented planting acres, Radish, soil compaction, Tillage Radish I was in western Pulaski County of Indiana again yesterday afternoon (11/16/2010) at the Leman farm. This is the third year that the Leman’s have used cover crops. Curt Leman dug some pits for us so we could see what kind of rooting depth we have achieved since the annual ryegrass was planted on Sept . . . → Read More: Annual Ryegrass Roots Video – 40″ deep in 2 1/2 months! |
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